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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

He compiled a list of ways to build data centers that people won’t hate.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 10, 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

“I’m glad now that it didn’t happen, but I hate that I was taken in by such a cad.”

From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu

Hal: “Yeah, but it’s the way she hates them.”

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 14, 2026

He’s getting one without the other—and he hates it.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 7, 2026

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

He hates Obama for making fun of him then.

From Salon Jul. 17, 2026

He hates his name—not Sandy, but Sanders—and everything that name means in this town.

From "King and the Dragonflies" by Kacen Callender

“He didn’t say he hated Trump,” interjected his wife Lila Trask, 79, who thinks the teacher is sincere.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 10, 2026

“It was rather grim, and people hated these two ugly filing cabinets coming out of the ground,” said Whiteman, 88.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 9, 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

His mom always said that moving all the time—being nomads, she called it—was an adventure, and he went along with it, but really, he hated moving, hated starting a new school.

From "Not Nothing" by Gayle Forman

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

A whole generation grew up under repression, economic collapse and came of age hating him, said Narges Bajoghli, associate professor at Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 3, 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

She did not say: Cari died hating me.

From "Out of Darkness" by Ashley Hope Pérez




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