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Noun
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My hope is our campaign will continue to enhance the national conversation about the need to speak out against hatred of all types, and particularly to stand up to Jewish hate.—
David Faris,
Newsweek,
4 Feb. 2025 -
The rise in anti-Asian hate, the strain on the U.S. economy, the erosion of corporate profits, and the stifling of Asian-Americans’ contributions to corporate America highlight the need for a more balanced and strategic approach to managing the relationship between the two nations.—
John Wang,
New York Daily News,
2 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Excessive depictions of pain, as in Hanya Yanagihara’s A Little Life, can curdle understanding into a kind of grimy sympathy or, worse, distaste.—
Hillary Kelly,
The Atlantic,
3 Feb. 2025
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Yet Kingsley frequently expressed his distaste for rigid scientific naturalism and its rejection of all intuition and openness to the unknown.—
Ben Woollard,
JSTOR Daily,
29 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Chrishell’s dislike of Tom seems to have continued after filming ended.—
Dana Rose Falcone,
People.com,
10 Jan. 2025
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An ardent dislike for Gaetz might be the most bipartisan, bicameral issue to come out of the 118th Congress.—
Dan Perry,
Newsweek,
4 Jan. 2025
Noun
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The rise of Silicon Valley, from indifference to lords of the political universe.—
Ryan Fonseca,
Los Angeles Times,
27 Jan. 2025
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Numbness had set in, and with numbness, indifference.—
Jay Nordlinger,
National Review,
27 Jan. 2025
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“Scunner.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scunner. Accessed 8 Feb. 2025.
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