hateful
Example Sentences
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"Everyone should feel safe and welcome at Heathrow, and we utterly condemn the hateful comments we have seen," Heathrow's Chief People Officer, Jo Butler, says.
From BBC • Feb. 28, 2026
Coventry said at a news conference last week that the IOC has a safeguarding unit that monitors the organization’s social media platforms for hateful messages.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 22, 2026
As well as the ban, Sanchez pledged to change Spanish law to make the chief executives of tech platforms "face criminal liability for failing to remove illegal or hateful content".
From Barron's • Feb. 4, 2026
It is tempting to downplay these hateful displays as fringe.
From Salon • Dec. 17, 2025
This will begin to make him hateful to his subjects and, if he becomes impoverished, he will be held in low regard by everyone.
From "The Prince" by Niccolò Machiavelli
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