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had slighted

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“You could tell he wanted to say something to whoever he felt had slighted him, but he never did,” Mr. Holtzclaw said.

From New York Times Jun. 18, 2016

Then came Sherman’s rant, boasting and deriding intended receiver Michael Crabtree, whom Sherman felt had slighted him at a charity softball game last summer.

From Seattle Times Jan. 21, 2014

His friends declared that the authorities had slighted him be cause of his well-known Royalist sympathies.

From Time Magazine Archive

Feeling that the commission, which he appointed himself, had slighted the Administration's efforts to help Negroes, Johnson all but ignored the study.

From Time Magazine Archive

The old bitter resentment against the woman who had slighted William Douglas found vent, and the characterization was withering and picturesque.

From Anne by Woolson, Constance Fenimore