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Recent Examples of hateful To stop hateful ideologies from spreading, social media companies cannot let extremism flow freely under the guise of free speech. Elliott Broidy, Baltimore Sun, 25 Feb. 2025 But consensus is that the Gascón scandal — in which the first out trans actress ever nominated for an Oscar was revealed to have posted hateful tweets against numerous minority groups — did have an effect on the race. Nate Jones, Vulture, 22 Feb. 2025 His hateful posts ultimately lost him brand deals with Adidas, Balenciaga and Gap. Marina Watts, People.com, 7 Feb. 2025 The two central characters, a mild bespectacled middle-school geek named Hal and his hateful abusive bully of a twin brother, Bill (both are played by Christian Convery), discover the monkey sealed away in a round box. Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 17 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for hateful
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Adjective
  • Now, Microsoft has identified a resurfaced malware that has returned after years, equipped with new malicious capabilities, including stealing sensitive information such as digital wallets and data from the legitimate Notes app.
    Kurt Knutsson, CyberGuy Report, Fox News, 27 Feb. 2025
  • As the technology behind deepfakes advances, the need to fight their malicious usage has never been greater.
    Rohan Pinto, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • More than 80 women went public with horrific tales of his brutal, coercive and punishing tactics, including launching vicious, career-crippling smear campaigns against those who eluded him, from Mira Sorvino to Ashley Judd.
    Scott Huver, The Hollywood Reporter, 28 Feb. 2025
  • Rushdie has since spoken out about the stabbing Rushdie, 77, testified in the Chautauqua County, New York trial and detailed the vicious attack that upended his life.
    Alana Wise, NPR, 21 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • As mere surrogates, the Trump-DeSantis fight to outdo each other through mean and cruel policies will go on.
    Letters to the Editor, Orlando Sentinel, 6 Mar. 2025
  • Immigration advocates call the crackdown cruel and wrongheaded and warn that many Latino U.S. citizens will likely suffer violations of their civil rights and possibly even get mistakenly deported.
    Dave Goldiner, New York Daily News, 6 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • Poles needs to find difference-makers, nasty offensive linemen, game-wrecking defensive linemen, ravenous pass rushers … again, the Bears have a lot of needs.
    Jon Greenberg, The Athletic, 26 Feb. 2025
  • Meanwhile, Stacey woke up with a nasty hangover from the night prior.
    Abigail Adams, People.com, 25 Feb. 2025

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“Hateful.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hateful. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.

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