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But as the years and resentments pile on, their cancerous brotherhood threatens to obliterate them both.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 23, 2026

For a variety of reasons, not least because people have questions, curiosities, comparisons and resentments.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 13, 2026

Three centuries of Danish colonization has spurred a range of resentments between the island’s Inuit residents and faraway Copenhagen.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 22, 2026

So far, the areas reclaimed by government forces have been mainly Arab, where locals had resentments against the SDF.

From BBC • Jan. 22, 2026

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