Example Sentences

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When the bubble is big enough, it shifts the behavior of the market as a whole from disliking capital expenditure, and hating speculative capital spending in particular, to loving it.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 1, 2025

Some readers confessed to never having seen the film whose soundtrack they love; others even reported disliking it.

From New York Times • May 26, 2024

Perhaps the baseball karma gods took a disliking to Kepler’s heads-up play because Seattle reeled off four runs in the top of the ninth inning as the Twins imploded.

From Seattle Times • May 7, 2024

He told the court he had "political views" about Mr Trump's time in office, liking some of his policies and disliking others.

From BBC • Apr. 19, 2024

“I think that’s fair enough,” Ifemelu said, disliking Shan, and herself, too, for bending to Shan’s spell.

From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie