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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

"Maybe some people do loathe me, and that's probably true, I don't care," he said later.

From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2026

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

From Los Angeles Times ● May 19, 2026

England would be loathe to change both openers.

From BBC ● May 11, 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

Whether one loves them or loathes them, the ubiquitous Big Mac burger is pretty much identical the whole world over.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 31, 2026

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

Like a hostess who secretly loathes her guests, Shelley encourages her characters to flatter themselves and expose their braggadocio.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 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

The controversies have coincided with the drop in Reform polling support and in popularity for Farage, long a divisive figure loved and loathed in largely equal measure.

From Barron's ● Aug. 14, 2026

Eight months ago, no one in college football was as widely loathed as Lane Kiffin.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026

When her mentally ill mother goes missing, yet again, Lila must return to the hometown she loathed to search for her, but this time she must also deal with her estranged father, John “Dix” Dixon.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 29, 2026

Gradel had spent years in academia, which he loathed.

From BBC ● Apr. 28, 2026

At Hampden she was thought something of a beauty but I loathed her lolloping, spaniel-like walk and her little-girl voice—very affected, it seemed to me—which degenerated frequently into a whine.

From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt

One of the guilty pleasures provided by “Maternal Instinct” is the unqualified loathing one feels for Parker, now on death row in Texas.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 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

While taking this stand, the authors also used the letter to "assert without reservation our absolute opposition to and loathing of antisemitism, of anti-Jewish and anti-Israeli prejudice".

From BBC ● May 28, 2025

From then on, there was no rest for Joan, a performer whose unsparing wickedness earned her praise, loyalty and loathing.

From Salon ● May 14, 2025

In a moment I built up an intense loathing for sleeping in the room where the boy had died.

From "Black Boy" by Richard Wright