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In a court brief, federal prosecutors allege the man who started the Palisades fire resented the rich and idolized Luigi Mangione.

From Los Angeles Times • May 20, 2026

He’s long resented her inability to contain the frenzy surrounding the Jeffrey Epstein files.

From Slate • Apr. 4, 2026

The country has no personal income tax—a reason why people moving here are often resented in their home nations.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 6, 2026

He says the absence of a father never felt like a void and he never resented his mum, Emily, or wished his family was any different.

From BBC • Jan. 10, 2026

Frank, Bill and Lillian, still in junior high school, resented the infiltration of the high school romeos.

From "Cheaper by the Dozen" by Frank B. Gilbreth Jr. and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey