jilted
Americanadjective
verb
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Saturday’s must-see spectacle is LSU’s trip to Ole Miss. Lane Kiffin, the most hated coach in college football, will return to the program he jilted last season and try to silence 64,000 bloodthirsty fans.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 19, 2026
The competition jilted several companies that didn’t make the cut, leading defense-tech executives to complain to members of Congress and sue the government, separate people familiar with the matter said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026
They also included twins Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss, the founders of crypto platform Gemini, who were made famous as jilted investors in the movie "The Social Network" about the birth of Facebook.
From Barron's ● Oct. 20, 2025
Twice jilted, Rangers are putting out the notion that they might still get back together sometime in the future.
From BBC ● Oct. 12, 2025
In Greece he could forget about my mother, who had jilted him, and he could escape comparison with my father, who made so much more money.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
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