loathe
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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
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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
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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
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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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