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[hayt] / heɪt /




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Next, the tax break people love when they buy is often the tax item they hate most when they sell.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 14, 2026

A lot of people hate jet skis, to say nothing of jet skiers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2026

"We will take a zero-tolerance approach to hate crime and other offending," said senior Met officer Carl Galvin.

From Barron's ● Oct. 10, 2026

Comedian Romesh Ranganathan joked that his mum was going to "absolutely hate this", as the the group gathered in a chant led by the booming voice of big dog actor Michael Sheen.

From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026

“Pixies hate to be dirty. They like to stay shiny.”

From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff

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

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 29, 2026

I use that term intentionally, by the way, because Ellroy hates it.

From Salon ● Sep. 18, 2026

Author and veteran television critic Alan Sepinwall hates spoilers, but he has some guidelines around what constitutes one.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026

He added he hates to think about what would have happened if the police had not been in the area and got to him quickly.

From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2026

“Double weird. Dad hates shopping just as much as Mom hates cleaning!”

From "Mystery Map (The Hardy Boys: Secret Files, #3)" by Franklin W. Dixon

She later recalled she hated the grey streets of the capital after the semi-rural idyll in which she had spent her early childhood.

From BBC ● Sep. 30, 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

Though she hated L.A. at first, she eventually found her footing and joined the basketball team at Lynwood High School.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026

He tried golf, was terrible at it, hated it, and went back to work manufacturing $5 electric toothbrushes because he found it more engaging than the golf course.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 21, 2026

He didn’t tell her the real reason, which was that he hated caves.

From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver

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

We’re mostly beyond hating and bragging at this point, happy to be vertical or angled a bit.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026

Such fabrics are hydrophobic, or water hating, similar to grease and oils.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 22, 2026

"She was the leader of our community, and I wonder if somewhere that was also part of the reason her partner ended up hating her so much," says Milne.

From BBC ● Jun. 9, 2026

Once again, my thoughts on hating him turned tail and ran straight for me.

From "Worth" by A. LaFaye


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