insulting
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Some viewed him positively but others described him as volatile and insulting.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026
Before a midterm election last year, he pledged to spend less time insulting opponents and more time debating ideas.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026
It is further insulting to gestational carriers, genetic donors, and intended parents to suggest that the mutual creation of a child is somehow akin to the bondage of chattel slavery.
From Slate • May 13, 2026
Nostalgic fans witnessed the brothers hugging and bantering on stage during their gigs, marking a new direction for the rock stars who had spent more than a decade publicly insulting one another.
From BBC • May 8, 2026
I’d never heard him laugh in my life and here he was shrieking like a gull over garbage about something that was just plain insulting.
From "Jacob Have I Loved" by Katherine Paterson
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