dislike
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Above them all is Bill Nighy’s controlling Director, whom you are free to dislike even though it’s Bill Nighy.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 15, 2026
"I've heard that in some countries, people have been told natto is good for their health, so they force themselves to eat it even though they strongly dislike the taste," Noro said.
From Barron's ● Jun. 22, 2026
This was not the first game where boos have been at the hydration break, and the wave of dislike for them among fans appears to be gathering momentum.
From BBC ● Jun. 18, 2026
The opening of “Masters of the Universe” mimics that of “2001: A Space Odyssey,” potentially triggering those moviegoers who dislike the brainy end of the multiplex, but never fear.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 4, 2026
The overwhelming dislike for the Pahlavi dynasty gave birth to the Iranian Revolution, and by then my parents were also fed up with the regime's inhumane tactics.
From "Americanized" by Sara Saedi
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Its findings suggest while widely known for his fame, "dislikes" of Musk have increased in recent years to eclipse his popularity.
From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2026
Maybe he just really dislikes the entire program and wasn’t targeting Haitians in particular.
From Slate ● Jun. 25, 2026
The executive has complained, at times, that he dislikes running a public company.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 22, 2026
“Because you can’t read its reactions, it’s impossible to sense what kind of shots it dislikes or struggles with, and that makes it even more difficult to play against,” Taira said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 23, 2026
‘They seem a bit above my likes and dislikes, so to speak,’ answered Sam slowly.
From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien
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He reportedly disliked the constant and later referred to it as his "biggest blunder."
From Science Daily ● Jun. 19, 2026
Three of the four said they disliked cold lay repairs and that a properly laid hot fill option, done to the proper depth and with a tack coat emulsion, should last years.
From BBC ● Jun. 10, 2026
Roosevelt disliked Woodruff and kept him at arm’s length, although he did allow Pinchot to hire Woodruff at the Agriculture Department.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 13, 2026
He was 73 and had disliked running young horses in a pressure race such as the Derby.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 26, 2026
I hated having to wear shorts as much as I had disliked having to wear suspenders when I was in elementary school.
From "Breaking Through" by Francisco Jiménez
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"People are increasingly disliking each other," says Prof Sander van der Linden, who researches social psychology at the University of Cambridge.
From BBC ● Mar. 7, 2026
When the bubble is big enough, it shifts the behavior of the market as a whole from disliking capital expenditure, and hating speculative capital spending in particular, to loving it.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 1, 2025
Some readers confessed to never having seen the film whose soundtrack they love; others even reported disliking it.
From New York Times ● May 26, 2024
Perhaps the baseball karma gods took a disliking to Kepler’s heads-up play because Seattle reeled off four runs in the top of the ninth inning as the Twins imploded.
From Seattle Times ● May 7, 2024
"I have a lot of reasons for disliking Alaska, OK?"
From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer
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