resentment
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It is a deep-rooted fracture filled with anger, resentment and a total loss of trust.
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026
That gap is not primarily a story about rising working-class racial resentment.
From Salon ● Aug. 9, 2026
Student Suhey Ochoa, 30, would not vote for Rodriguez in a possible election due to the "deep resentment" she feels over the official handling of the recent earthquakes.
From Barron's ● Aug. 5, 2026
“But resentment is a luxury I can’t afford,” she writes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2026
Even Bisguier, not prolonging any resentment, proclaimed Bobby Fischer as the strongest fourteen-year-old chess player who had ever lived.
From "Endgame" by Frank Brady
The secretary-general of the transatlantic alliance, Mark Rutte, told reporters on Monday that Trump had aired his resentments in a recent phone call.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 6, 2026
Piling up resentments around the world is one heck of a form of statecraft.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 9, 2026
Any resentments, tensions and difference in values will remain with the added pressure of fulfilling a fantasy image of happy families.
From BBC ● Dec. 21, 2025
The time has come to stop engaging in family resentments and drama and to start taking action.
From MarketWatch ● Dec. 4, 2025
Sometimes I came upon them standing close, arms encircling waists, heads close, as if they shared secrets that transcended the hurt and resentments, the name-calling and deceit.
From "When I Was Puerto Rican" by Esmeralda Santiago
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