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These reports have significantly contributed to increasing hatred towards Islam.—
Beth Bailey,
FOXNews.com,
10 June 2026 -
Was there a true hatred or deep respect?—
Keith Murphy,
VIBE.com,
7 June 2026
Noun
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Trump’s contempt and cruelty toward his enemies has been an important part of his appeal to his Christian base.—
Peter Wehner,
The Atlantic,
10 June 2026
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Meta’s contempt-of-court filing was not yet available today.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
8 June 2026
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During the controversy that followed, his disdain for women began cohering into a political identity.—
Heidi Blake,
New Yorker,
8 June 2026
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Swift has made her disdain for the president’s policies known, and the feeling seems mutual.—
Steven Zeitchik,
HollywoodReporter,
8 June 2026
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It may be stopped because one student speaks up, one parent pays attention, one friend refuses to stay silent, one faith leader reaches out, or one community decides that preventing hate is everyone’s responsibility.—
Michael Brunker,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
27 May 2026
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The indictment alleges that the group, which is best known for its work to oppose the Ku Klux Klan, lied to donors about paying confidential informants to infiltrate hate groups and deceived banks about the bank accounts used to make those payments.—
Sarah N. Lynch,
CBS News,
26 May 2026
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Factually, Victor Wembanyama could have sent New York Knicks fans into fits of loathing.—
Leah Asmelash,
CNN Money,
9 June 2026
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Niall tells Ruben that his hurtful language over the years was a big part of his endless self-loathing.—
Barry Levitt,
Time,
29 May 2026
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These findings echo a broader pattern political scientists call affective polarization: the replacement of disagreement with abhorrence.—
Manvir Singh,
New Yorker,
27 Oct. 2025
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When human decency and basic civility fall victim to partisanship and ideology, and abhorrence of violence becomes tempered by political aims, monstrosities and tyrannies become possible.—
Michael Bloomberg,
Twin Cities,
24 Sep. 2025
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Jurors found that Grossman and Erickson both acted with conscious disregard for the boys' safety and malice, thereby awarding punitive damages in the wrongful death lawsuit.—
Julie Sharp,
CBS News,
10 June 2026
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Jurors decided that Grossman acted with malice and oppression and Erickson acted with malice, oppression, or fraud, kicking off the punitive phase of the trial.—
Richard Winton,
Los Angeles Times,
10 June 2026
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The rise of Santa Muerte The other folk saint tied to narco culture is Santa Muerte, whose Grim Reaper appearance and relative obscurity prompt assumptions of malevolence.—
Marc Ramirez,
USA Today,
7 June 2026
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Trying to find charm and not having malevolence as the intention, not trying to be evil, let the brilliant writing do that.—
David Canfield,
HollywoodReporter,
13 May 2026
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“Lovelessness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lovelessness. Accessed 13 Jun. 2026.
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