love-hate

adjective

: feeling or showing a mixture of love and hate

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Today marks a new and an international chapter in the love-hate relationship. — Ben Church, CNN Money, 5 July 2026 Investors have a love-hate relationship with stocks Investment experts say the survey results prove, more than anything, that American investors don’t entirely trust the stock market. — Daniel De Visé, USA Today, 30 June 2026 Philpot took a trip down memory lane while discussing past seasons of the show, recalling the alternating love-hate relationship between Jean Smart’s Deborah Vance and Hannah Einbinder’s Ava Daniels. — Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 19 June 2026 Still, people have a love-hate relationship with robots. — Bestreviews, Mercury News, 15 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for love-hate

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