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Recent Examples of hatred In Pagels’s version, the evangelists are motivated less by sheer hatred of Jews than by the need to solve some difficult theological and political problems. Judith Shulevitz, The Atlantic, 1 Apr. 2025 The political outcome was the same as it would have been had Trump ended it on day one—only now with a lot more hatred being directed towards the United States. Connor Okeeffe, Oc Register, 23 Mar. 2025 But Grade also wanted to show the beauty of this Judaism: its humility and moral delicacy, its hatred of cruelty, its ability to reach the sublime in the midst of material poverty and wretchedness. Adam Kirsch, The New Yorker, 21 Mar. 2025 What’s been really interesting to me about the Blake situation is how much of the hatred against her is coming from women. Kathleen Walsh, Glamour, 28 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for hatred
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Noun
  • Violations would be enforceable under New York’s criminal contempt laws, ensuring accountability.
    Eric Gonzalez, New York Daily News, 26 Mar. 2025
  • But the contempt seems to be even louder behind closed doors.
    Jeanna Smialek, New York Times, 25 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Although Phillies fans might not love it — particularly with Philadelphia hosting Los Angeles this weekend — star Bryce Harper isn't buying the hate.
    Newsweek Staff, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Apr. 2025
  • State and town leaders are condemning hate after flyers with transphobic and homophobic messaging were found littered across Deep River and surrounding towns.
    Staff report, Hartford Courant, 3 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • The deep pockets of some in Congress help explain the disconnect between those in power and the ordinary Americans who elected them to serve, and the political distaste for term limits.
    Boston Herald editorial staff, Boston Herald, 1 Apr. 2025
  • The nepotism accusations that started it all Smith says his distaste for Lebron Sr. goes way back.
    Christian Orozco, Los Angeles Times, 29 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • At the center of this tempest is the Trumpian disdain toward the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), and especially the European nations that are America's main partners in that great endeavor.
    Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Apr. 2025
  • Trump posted about his disdain for the portrait on Sunday and blamed Gov. Jared Polis (D), who was not in office at the time the artwork was commissioned and not involved in the 2019 unveiling a few months after he was sworn in.
    Elizabeth Crisp, The Hill, 24 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Fear and loathing grip L.A. hotels as Trump deportation threats loom.
    Hunter Clauss, Los Angeles Times, 14 Mar. 2025
  • The progressive fear and loathing of Elon Musk now may be greater than that directed at Donald Trump.
    Rich Lowry, National Review, 14 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • The reactions from right-of-center publications divide into roughly four camps, aligning on a spectrum ranging from vocal approval to outright abhorrence.
    Zack Beauchamp, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018
  • Tolin doesn’t candy coat the animosity, helping children to understand how artists and Others continue to be misunderstood and how that lack of appreciation fuels abhorrence.
    Natasha Gural, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Much of Trump’s detestation of the Hollywood establishment is of course performative, one more nemesis to cast in his Sorkinian screenplay.
    Steven Zeitchik, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019
  • Between the lines: Many undecideds are painfully trying to balance their sense of obligation with their detestation for Trump, as USA Today first detailed on Thursday.
    Erin Doherty, Axios, 14 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • America’s first Black female doctor also faced open hostility from the white medical establishment.
    Ella Jeffries, Smithsonian Magazine, 31 Mar. 2025
  • Despite frequent instances of both sides accusing one another of violating the truce, the elusive breakthrough led to the longest cessation of hostilities since the war began, as well as the release of 33 Israelis from Hamas captivity and nearly 2,000 Palestinians from Israeli prisons.
    Ron Estes, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Mar. 2025

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“Hatred.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hatred. Accessed 14 Apr. 2025.

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