hate
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He’ll have no trouble continuing to hate the Dodgers as they roll over his Padres once again in the postseason this year, should his Padres luck out and even qualify.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 29, 2026
“They really, really, really hate anyone that deviates from the norm,” he said in a 2021 podcast.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026
"He's there, very sort of semi-routine. I hate to disappoint people. We would like to see the war with Ukraine end," Trump said in an interview with conservative radio host Glenn Beck.
From Barron's ● Aug. 26, 2026
Last I checked, Americans really, really hate higher prices.
From Slate ● Aug. 25, 2026
We can’t have some random hate group trying to rattle us.
From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold
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Jenner hates the paparazzi for invading her privacy but sees no moral quandary in collecting a check from Mark Zuckerberg, who wants to invade everyone’s privacy.
From Slate ● Aug. 5, 2026
Damon’s Odysseus is numbed by the massacre of Troy’s civilians; Fiennes’ hates himself for leading the best men of Ithaca to their death, gutting his own community in the heedless destruction of another.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 2026
It’s frustrating, but the good news is that VAR doesn’t really work that well, is often over-applied, and everyone pretty much hates it.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 19, 2026
He hates Obama for making fun of him then.
From Salon ● Jul. 17, 2026
But he hates this word on his tongue even more.
From "A Bird Will Soar" by Alison Green Myers
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“He was playing a character that was like a very crotchety old man who hated everything,” Grossman said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026
Pete Hegseth may be the most hated man in Washington.
From Salon ● Aug. 24, 2026
He chose a type of filler - hyaluronic acid - that is temporary so he knew that even if he hated the look it would "eventually just dissolve".
From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026
“As soon as people saw the film, they said, ‘Oh, this is a cult film’ and I always hated that,” says Fishman.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026
Because as much as I sometimes hated being Jonah’s academic nemesis, I’d rather that than nothing.
From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison
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Glad to hear the new San Diego Padres owner is a longtime Yankees fan, therefore hating the Dodgers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 29, 2026
She started a degree at the London School of Economics, but left after "absolutely hating" student life in the capital, instead deciding to study politics at Nottingham University.
From BBC ● Jul. 20, 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
I think the character was designed to start hating.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 17, 2026
I asked Ishtar, hating how pitiful I sounded.
From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda
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