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hate

[heyt] / heɪt /




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I hate that feeling of overspilled momentum when cornering and braking.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 18, 2026

In a statement, Supt Owen Renowden, the Met's hate crime lead, said: "We're adapting our approach to improve both the speed and quality of our response, while strengthening outcomes for victims."

From BBC Jul. 16, 2026

“But during the World Cup,” she said, “they hate us.”

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 15, 2026

The overarching theme from Chicagoans was: We hate it too, but you just don’t get it.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 14, 2026

I hate how much I enjoyed that afternoon.

From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller

He hates Obama for making fun of him then.

From Salon Jul. 17, 2026

He admits he "hates budgeting and always has" so he says he looks at his current account as soon as he gets paid and decides how much he wants to move into savings.

From BBC Jul. 8, 2026

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

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 8, 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

“My mom drinks green tea in the morning and chamomile tea at night. She also likes the occasional sweet tea. Dad doesn’t. He’s the only Southerner who hates it. Can you believe that?”

From "The Manifestor Prophecy" by Angie Thomas

I don’t think Graham Platner ever hated Jews.

From Slate Jul. 10, 2026

Speaking at Nixon’s presidential library, Vance compared himself to the 37th president by saying both of them were young senators, vice presidents, bestselling authors and hated by the media.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 26, 2026

For as long as I’ve been a journalist, which is a really long time, public entities have hated public records requests, even while claiming they don’t.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 25, 2026

And although he said he hated it, the Roger Cook doorstep was, he felt, essential.

From BBC Jun. 15, 2026

I probably would have trained with her even if I’d hated running, to be honest.

From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison

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

In this age when animus eats discernment like the rich eat caviar, the luxury we really can’t afford is hating the good guys just because it’s easy — even if they’re billionaires.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 14, 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

Probably hating me forever for what I’d done.

From "Red Kayak" by Priscilla Cummings




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