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loathe

[lohth] / loʊð /


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"That sort of brought it home to me - like it or loathe it, we have to live with it and come to terms with it."

From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026

The Vances, however, can’t seem to shake off suspicions that they loathe each other, no matter how many smiles they flash at the camera.

From Salon ● Jul. 29, 2026

Pratt’s loudest fans loathe modern-day L.A., and that should chill all other Angelenos.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 10, 2026

“They’re loathe to really critique some of the foundational problems like a real ideological opponent would.”

From Los Angeles Times ● May 31, 2026

Perhaps Katie thought that if they did not have this faculty, they would be clearer-minded; see things as they really were, and seeing them loathe them and somehow find a way to make them better.

From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith

As a feminist who loathes the idea of toxic masculinity, I’ve worked to understand what is going on with the sexes these days.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 24, 2026

"Head coach Eddie Howe loathes to lose long-serving players in January, but this could yet be one to watch if Newcastle sense an opportunity to sign a summer target a few months early."

From BBC ● Jan. 1, 2026

He cited the example of a 55-year-old client who loathes his high-paying job, but can’t escape the grind.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 24, 2025

Strangers confuse him with another Austrian-born director, Fritz Lang, and Pabst’s American movie, “A Modern Hero,” fashioned from a script he loathes, is a flop.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 4, 2025

"My royal brother loves tournaments and feasts," Renly Baratheon said, "and he loathes what he calls 'counting coppers.'"

From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin

Well, if we’re going to be loathed, we might as well stand on the right side of history.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026

The jingle first aired in the 1990s and has been loved and loathed by listeners ever since.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 15, 2026

Gradel had spent years in academia, which he loathed.

From BBC ● Apr. 28, 2026

The US president may be loathed, mocked or feared by many in Europe -- White says the job of representing him is "pretty easy".

From Barron's ● Apr. 21, 2026

It carried punishments that were different from those for other crimes, explained the judge assigned to his case, a judge who loathed squandered opportunities.

From "Not Nothing" by Gayle Forman

Janeites may be forgiven for overlooking, if not outright loathing, Mary Bennet from Austen’s sacred “Pride & Prejudice” text.

From Salon ● Jun. 25, 2026

He seems to have felt instant solidarity with his brothers and loathing for his bosses.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 10, 2026

Michael Jackson is a prime example of this conundrumFor his millions of devotees their love for him is rivalled in intensity only by their seething loathing for his critics.

From BBC ● Mar. 7, 2026

“We wear your loathing with pride,” Tether CEO Paolo Ardoino said in a post on X addressed to S&P, adding that the company “is and remains extremely profitable.”

From Barron's ● Nov. 27, 2025

I think of the loathing I felt when I discovered Peeta was with the Careers during the last Games.

From "Catching Fire" by Suzanne Collins




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