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[hayt] / heɪt /




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Bill Shiebler -- chief strategy officer at the non-profit State Voices, a network of advocates for civic engagement and equity -- told AFP the night was "a huge rebuke against hate and division."

From Barron's ● Nov. 4, 2026

“I hate to say this. The Four Seasons.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 3, 2026

“It feels trite and I hate it. That song, ‘I Love Every Minute Of The Day’ . . . is a prime example.

From Salon ● Nov. 3, 2026

"If Isak maybe makes a bit more of it. I hate to see players exaggerate, but he's going to score. It's a big moment in the game."

From BBC ● Nov. 2, 2026

Besides, if I tell you too much, things won’t unfold the way they need to, and I hate to break it to you, but there is no going back now.

From "Glitch" by Laura Martin

She hates how they make her feel for something that can’t feel.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026

“I was talking to a Republican consultant who ran one of the big super PACs and he, like, hates all of their media consultants,” Anna Greenberg, a Democratic pollster, told me.

From Slate ● Oct. 15, 2026

Everybody hates them, everyone thinks that they cheated and he just walks on the pitch and says, 'give me the ball lads, let me have some fun'.

From BBC ● Oct. 12, 2026

Wall Street normally hates price cuts, but some analysts didn’t mind the ones announced by Target on Tuesday.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 29, 2026

Tariq hates hugs, but he grins to let her know his feelings.

From "A Place at the Table" by Saadia Faruqi and Laura Shovan

After all, Piker ends 2026 more famous than he’s ever been before—which means he’s rarely been more hated.

From Slate ● Nov. 4, 2026

“I’ve hated the Cardinals ever since,” said Moser.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 25, 2026

His parents covered the rental cost while he paid for gas, but he hated sitting in traffic, parking and feeling disconnected from the city.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 22, 2026

Growing up, I was one of those reflexively contrarian teenagers who hated anything popular and found value in almost anything obscure, independent or weird.

From Salon ● Sep. 26, 2026

And I hated living behind barbed wire, unable to go where I wanted, do what I wanted.

From "An Elephant in the Garden" by Michael Morpurgo

He stood there and watched as the Rays celebration raged on, reflecting on another failed season and, he said, “just hating every single moment of it.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026

The actors will soon slip into their 1967 costumes as the impoverished Greasers and the privileged Socs — and spend the next two hours hating each other onstage.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026

Among all the discourse sparked by a “No Influencers” sign in a Nantucket store, one question cuts through: “Does hating influencers mean hating women?”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026

"When you haven't written for a long time, you start being extremely self-critical. So I was hating everything I was coming out with," she said.

From BBC ● Mar. 26, 2026

I want to say I am sorry for hating the boys who caused the accident.

From "Lucky Broken Girl" by Ruth Behar


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