jealousy
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You can’t control your husband’s alleged jealousy or insecurity, but you can control your own.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 28, 2026
Burke and Hernandez got into an argument the night before prosecutors say she was killed, with the teen expressing frustration and jealousy over Burke’s relationships with other women.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2026
But its soaring atriums decorated with onyx and green marble could hardly be better calculated to induce jealousy in Trump, who frequently raves about the opulent dwellings of other foreign leaders.
From Barron's ● Jul. 7, 2026
Rodrigo's as likely to reveal her ugly side – jealousy, obsession, self-destructive decision making – as she is to rant about her feckless exes.
From BBC ● Jun. 10, 2026
I suppress the stab of jealousy that immediately makes itself known, right below my heart.
From "Saints and Misfits" by S.K. Ali
That stoked his jealousies and insecurities, along with frontman Jagger stealing the spotlight from him.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 20, 2026
There are tantrums, squabbles and romantic jealousies, but it is mostly an opportunity for bravura singing.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2025
He has his own jealousies and competitiveness with the family.
From Salon ● Nov. 30, 2023
Rivalries and jealousies within the palaces will be discussed, along with claims of an unhealthy relationship with the tabloid press.
From BBC ● Nov. 27, 2023
Then some of the women in their greed began to claim to have more children than they had, and nonexistent relatives, and there were jealousies and spite and bitter argument.
From "Nectar in a Sieve" by Kamala Markandaya
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