hated

Example Sentences

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Also read: Wall Street hated these 15 stocks.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 6, 2026

“There we were, the two of us, 11 and 12 years old, watching our team triumph and win the final against the hated América.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 4, 2026

He says within the transgender community there can be pressure to reject earlier identities, explaining: "You have to prove you hated your former life to make it more palatable for the people around you."

From BBC • Jun. 2, 2026

He voiced growing unhappiness with his reputation as one of the “most hated people in the known universe.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 21, 2026

“If you’d told me that in the beginning, I’d have laughed at you. I hated it at first. I cried when Steven showed it to me.”

From "Not Nothing" by Gayle Forman