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hate

[heyt] / heɪt /




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Local outlets say mosques have been receiving abusive phone calls and emails, some of which has prompted anti-hate groups to organise counter protests calling for no hate.

From BBC Jul. 27, 2026

Smith was committed to fighting hate, in all its forms, with art.

From Salon Jul. 27, 2026

He has spent his entire career cultivating a reputation as the sport’s most notorious pest, once proudly declaring, “I’m trying to make them hate me.”

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 23, 2026

“For as long as I can remember my mere existence has made people hate my guts,” McAfee wrote in an X post announcing the project.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 22, 2026

It was no longer a prison, but a home where people who had been warped by this philosophy of hate and force could come to learn another way.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom

People will say, “Oh, my dog hates all dogs” and then my dog pulls me over and the dog that hates all dogs just melts.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 17, 2026

Everyone hates it, and yet, we’re getting more.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 8, 2026

A greyhound who hates running around a track will instead be pursuing the American dream.

From BBC Jun. 28, 2026

Trump has agreed to restore the sanctions on Russian oil and proclaimed that he hates to see all the dying and will do whatever he can to get Russia to the negotiating table.

From Salon Jun. 18, 2026

“Dude, that girl hates you. Guess the magic is over.”

From "Linked" by Gordon Korman

“We continue to buy the dip, and keep in mind, this is the most hated V-shaped rally,” Lee concludes.

From MarketWatch Jul. 28, 2026

"It made stuff I hated fun," she says.

From BBC Jul. 26, 2026

"I have never once said I hated the trans community... I think there's space for everyone," she said, before the Fever's 123-88 win over the Connecticut Sun in Indianapolis on Wednesday.

From Barron's Jul. 23, 2026

I never hated the sport — it just never moved me.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 20, 2026

Karli seemed to love doing this —anything to do with Marlene, he loved—but I hated it.

From "An Elephant in the Garden" by Michael Morpurgo

“I got a lot of negative feedback about me hating trans. And I’m like, ‘I never once said that,’” Cunningham said in the article.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 23, 2026

A whole generation grew up under repression, economic collapse and came of age hating him, said Narges Bajoghli, associate professor at Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 3, 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 think the character was designed to start hating.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 17, 2026

Pretty much all the kids hated me and those who weren’t spending their time hating me chose up sides between the Danvers and the Gantrys and hated each other.

From "Worth" by A. LaFaye




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