reviled

Example Sentences

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The promoter will be allowed to keep Ticketmaster — the reviled, essential ticket-selling platform — as part of its portfolio.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 10, 2026

But the MEK was long considered a terrorist group by Washington and enjoys little support inside Iran, where it is reviled for allying with Saddam Hussein's Iraq during the devastating 1980-88 war.

From Barron's • Mar. 5, 2026

That revelation led to a surge in discontent with a government already under fire for its poor economic performance and its reviled strict moral codes.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 27, 2025

Hoover-style service resumed, in other words, with a new target even more universally reviled than Red infiltrators.

From Salon • Oct. 19, 2025

The outside world loved and reviled Charles Darwin.

From "Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith" by Deborah Heiligman