hate
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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
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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
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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
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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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