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hate

[heyt] / heɪt /




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If data back this up, their absence worries me greatly because – love them or hate them – wasps are important in ecosystems as pest-controllers, pollinators and decomposers.

From Science Daily Sep. 11, 2026

And in June, in an unprecedented move in Latin America, a Brazilian court tightened regulations on digital platforms regarding their role in spreading disinformation and hate speech.

From Barron's Sep. 10, 2026

The Crime Survey for England and Wales, external, estimates that only 44% of hate crime incidents between April 2022 and March 2025 came to the attention of the police.

From BBC Sep. 9, 2026

Still, most of us aren’t expected to shell out thousands to go to a get-together we know we’ll hate.

From Salon Sep. 9, 2026

Since the end of that week in February when they decided they didn’t hate each other after all until she left for Winnipeg, Cameron Sound pretty much hadn’t stopped touching her.

From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith

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

“I never said I hate you. You’re the one who hates me. You’re mad I’m becoming friends with JP.”

From "The Manifestor Prophecy" by Angie Thomas

“She’s been the most hated figure in a lot of ways at different times in her life and career,” Amor said.

From Salon Aug. 26, 2026

“At first I hated her for doing it,” he says, “but I realized she ruined her own life to set us free.”

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 25, 2026

As she writes in the book, and has said elsewhere, it wasn’t that she hated her baby or feared harming her but instead “a total blackout of emotion, like my soul was dead.”

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 18, 2026

“I hated that our fans booed her before the game,” Clark said.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 14, 2026

She hated him because he wouldn’t hold her hand.

From "Firegirl" by Tony Abbott

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

He ended up "hating" tennis and still does.

From BBC Jun. 26, 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

I think the character was designed to start hating.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 17, 2026

I would have to forge my own memories of that weekend that didn't include hating myself and wondering every second what my friends were doing.

From "Americanized" by Sara Saedi




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