Example Sentences

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Jack, a kid I’d hated, a kid that I considered a psychopath.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026

Also read: Wall Street hated these 15 stocks.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 6, 2026

Miller: “Everyone in your kindergarten class hated you. Even Ms. Bebop.”

From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 2026

Both candidates in Virginia’s gubernatorial race last year ran on killing the most hated tax in the state—the “personal property tax” on vehicles.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 2026

I don’t think I’d ever hated a person more than I did Adek in that moment.

From "Not Nothing" by Gayle Forman