jealousy
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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
"I am sure your actions were driven by jealousy, resentment and determination to exert control over Halyna even after your relationship had come to an end."
From BBC ● May 29, 2026
Or you can get riled up with impatience, jealousy and/or dismay with a self-confessed couple who has everything, including $6 million set aside for retirement, and still want advice.
From MarketWatch ● May 13, 2026
I remember thinking: When I leave the theater, I’m filled only with joy and no jealousy because I could never do what she’s doing.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 11, 2026
“That’s amazing,” I gushed, but it would have been a terrible lie to say I didn’t feel a pang of jealousy in how much progress she had made.
From "The Darkest Minds" by Alexandra Bracken
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"Within darts there is always going to be back-biting, jealousies but what you see from Beau is what you get and she has time for everyone, whoever you are."
From BBC ● Oct. 14, 2025
There are tantrums, squabbles and romantic jealousies, but it is mostly an opportunity for bravura singing.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2025
The details of their dissolution — career pressures, childcare clashes, petty jealousies — and its credible tit-for-tat dynamic are discomfitingly relatable.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2025
He has his own jealousies and competitiveness with the family.
From Salon ● Nov. 30, 2023
He believed that the extreme scarcity of just about everything in Haiti, from food to clean water to clothes to shelter, created significant jealousies of anyone who had more than someone else.
From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French
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