detested

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As much as he detested the abuse that officials received, he was clear that fielding some boos was part of the job.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026

A return to the top was a distant dream amid the dramas of two groundshares with Northampton and Birmingham, a detested ownership in Sisu, multiple protests and parliamentary mentions.

From BBC • Apr. 17, 2026

“I think it’s proper to say that they really detested each other,” said Robert Aldrich, the film’s director.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 21, 2025

Gaetz, as a man, appears to be widely detested by his former colleagues, given the number willing to publicly lambaste him.

From Salon • Nov. 14, 2024

She detested housework, in part because it had no end in the Simdars household and in part because it held her under the bell jar of her mother’s watchful eye.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown