envy

Once the envy of China's tech scene, the startup behind the artificial intelligence agent tool Manus has become an example of how rivalry between global powers can ensnare young entrepreneurs' ambitions.

From Barron's ● Aug. 11, 2026

The social media videos pumped out by many of the city's venues including the newest "pop-ups" made a star out of Charlie the Pug, and everyone green with envy if they missed the latest singalong.

From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2026

Under Friedman’s leadership, they have also built up a player-development apparatus that is the envy of all their peers. MLB.com ranks their farm system No. 2 in all of baseball, trailing only the Brewers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 2, 2026

It was not from envy of teams like the Dodgers with their cast of superstars-for-hire, but from envy of the teams showcasing their budding young homegrown stars.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 18, 2026

So why hadn’t he sent at once for Eril-Fane, and earned himself the envy of all the other delegates and the gratitude of Weep?

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor

It’s also necessary to limit distortions to private-sector behavior, since private capital and competitive incentives drive the kind of innovation and financial firepower the rest of the world envies.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 5, 2026

Sam, now 25, says he envies those who do want to become parents because the experience "clearly has" beauty and love in it.

From BBC ● Aug. 1, 2026

If your social-worker friend envies your designer clothes, you don’t have to ditch your Prada for rags, but it’s probably better not to festoon your outfit with your biggest diamond.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 16, 2026

“Here is a woman who has never been particularly jealous of any other woman, realizing that she deeply envies this chair,” the film’s narrator, voiced by Melanie Griffith, says.

From Salon ● Feb. 18, 2026

Miep often says she envies us because we have such peace and quiet here.

From "The Diary of a Young Girl" by Anne Frank

The 67-year-old breast cancer survivor, who consults on sustainable textiles and runs a small farmers market, would never have her own property sprayed with pesticides, but admits to having envied neighbors who did.

From Barron's ● Aug. 7, 2026

Perhaps the market shoppers I envied had simply made a few decisions before everything started charming them.

From Salon ● Aug. 4, 2026

Some former classmates are speculating about his mental health and whether he envied Loureiro’s successful career.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 20, 2025

For years, they got used to being admired - and envied - as the economic powerhouse of Europe.

From BBC ● Feb. 20, 2025

She plopped down in a wing chair, her limbs loose and relaxed, and Ophie envied her for a moment.

From "Ophie's Ghosts" by Justina Ireland

It’s during the voice-over when Henry recalls as a boy envying the wiseguys who hung out at the pizza parlor and taxi stand across the street from his home.

From New York Times ● May 26, 2022

You are rebounding, on your own two feet, when you find yourself envying other writers again, just a bit.

From Washington Post ● May 7, 2021

Instead of envying parts of the country that will be legally allowed to mix on Christmas Day, she thought London’s Covid restrictions had been comparatively looser for the most part of the year.

From The Guardian ● Dec. 20, 2020

“You shouldn’t be envying those other people,” Siegel says of my depression over lacking a social bubble.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2020

There was no harm in envying even your best friend a little.

From "A Separate Peace" by John Knowles