detest
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Ethnic Persians are about half the population, and even those who detest the theocratic regime don’t want the country to break up or descend into civil war.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 8, 2026
She wants revenge without dwelling on its cause or her trauma — a word Hester would surely detest.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 27, 2025
People detest her and Prince Harry for stepping back from their royal duties and even more so for going public about what life was like for them.
From Salon • Mar. 5, 2025
So can a bridge be built between those who detest the love locks, and those who want them to stay in Bakewell?
From BBC • Aug. 4, 2024
“So we are to countenance things and people which we detest, merely because we are not belles and millionaires, are we? That’s a nice sort of morality.”
From "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott
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