resent
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"I think a lot of country folk just want to be left alone to breed their sheep and hang their moles and resent people who come to the countryside with different views," he says.
From BBC • Mar. 22, 2026
Second, if she outlives him, I assume his children might resent her, since that could tie up a sizable portion of their inheritance.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 3, 2026
Do any Swedish people resent you for not singing in Swedish?
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 22, 2025
I thought the problem was mine and I tried to tell Francis in the most even voice I could manage that I didn’t want to “trap” a man and have him always resent me.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 11, 2025
He could not bear the thought of Buchi growing up to resent him, to lack something that he should have been for her.
From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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