jealous
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Antonucci: Actually, we talked about feeling jealous of all the kids who are going to be here on their school field trips, because we didn’t get to experience this.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 23, 2026
References to King Charles are almost all negative, including the suggestion that he was jealous of his wife's public popularity.
From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2026
Clark’s supporters, however, argue that she’s been unfairly targeted by opposing players who are jealous of all the attention that is lavished upon her.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026
What’s more, the histrionic grandeur she imbues the scene with overshadows the dramatic revelation that follows: the reading of the Delphic oracle’s judgment that she is indeed innocent, and Leontes is “a jealous tyrant.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026
I know it’s not right for me to be jealous of Isabella, but I can’t help it.
From "A Good Kind of Trouble" by Lisa Moore Ramée
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