take kindly to
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The sport didn’t take kindly to interlopers with no playing experience of their own bringing mathematics into a game that had been moving along just fine ever since the National League was founded in 1876.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 16, 2026
Mr Justice Tony Hunt said that there had been an attempt to "mislead" him and that he did "not take kindly" to such action.
From BBC ● Jan. 20, 2025
“Judges aren’t going to take kindly to that no matter who they are.”
From Salon ● May 31, 2024
When George and Harden did, Lue didn’t take kindly to their remarks.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 16, 2024
Tata Ndu came here personally to tell us that the gods of his village did not take kindly to the minister of corruption.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
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