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This is not about Western countries being against Iran’s Jurassic theocracy for imprisoning women for failing to cover their heads with a hijab, or for executing gays, or any of its other abhorrent internal policies.—
Andres Oppenheimer,
Miami Herald,
22 June 2025 -
Political violence is abhorrent and has no place in our political system or our communities.—
Molly Guthrey,
Twin Cities,
14 June 2025
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To fund Geneviève’s idea, she’s arranged for cash from an abominable source: Crispin Shamblee (Simon Callow), a fellow dance devotee with a limitless checkbook and zero morals.—
Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
24 Apr. 2025
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The basic problem with some conservatives' embrace of this man is that Andrew Tate is an abominable human being.—
Newsweek,
Newsweek,
28 Feb. 2025
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But a wave of summer shows were canceled in response, with conservative leader Kemi Badenoch—a uniquely detestable political figure in a country that perfected the form—calling on Glastonbury to remove the band from this year’s bill.—
Shaad D’Souza,
Pitchfork,
28 May 2025
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Top-notch casting is the cherry on top, with Lily James as the supremely likable Cinderella, Richard Madden as her down-to-earth prince, Cate Blanchett as the detestable stepmother with her own imperfect backstory, and Helena Bonham Carter as one lovably flighty fairy godmother.—
Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
26 May 2025
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Wilcox’s attorney, Bryant Scriven, told the Orlando Sentinel his client was a disabled military veteran who is neither a violent nor a hateful person.—
Silas Morgan,
The Orlando Sentinel,
18 June 2025
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This hateful message emboldened the audience to boo when graduates in Jewish Studies and Hebrew were called to the stage.—
Isabella Brannon,
FOXNews.com,
18 June 2025
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And Trump’s targeting of college campuses for being havens of antisemitism has caused a backlash from liberals who might despise that strain of hatred, but find Trump equally as loathsome.—
Philip Elliott,
Time,
23 June 2025
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Covino on the other hand plays Paul with a dash of loathsome rich guy energy, that feels like the polar opposite of Carey’s mild nature.—
Esther Zuckerman,
IndieWire,
19 May 2025
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The central players are miserable or odious, but even so, we’re meant to want this life because look at the glorious trappings!—
Nina Metz,
Chicago Tribune,
18 June 2025
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In Afghanistan, 20 years of Western nation-building collapsed in 11 days, ending with the odious Taliban back in power in Kabul.—
Dan Perry,
MSNBC Newsweek,
16 June 2025
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This imagined universal audience—always positioned as white—has seen the CNN interview where President Yoweri Museveni uses deplorable language to describe gay people.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
13 June 2025
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Orlando Sentinel Two arrested in Polk after dogs found in 107-degree home under ‘deplorable’ conditions Polk deputies say the inside of the home was covered in trash, feces and urine Orlando Sentinel Clean bills of health: Which Central Florida restaurants had perfect inspections in May?—
Garfield Hylton,
The Orlando Sentinel,
3 June 2025
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The tricky thing is that the Jackal, across the 10 episodes, does despicable acts of violence and betrayal in order to achieve his goal.—
Ryan Fleming,
Deadline,
19 June 2025
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The deployment showdown also led to one of the state’s most despicable standoffs.—
Leonard Greene,
New York Daily News,
15 June 2025
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“Condemnable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/condemnable. Accessed 1 Jul. 2025.
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