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as in enemy
something or someone that is hated
most critics decried the remake of the classic film as an abomination
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as in hatred
a very strong dislike
the townspeople have such an abomination of taxes that they have even voted down increases that would have given their schools badly needed funds
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An animated Minecraft movie that actually looked more like the game (though perhaps prettier) with blocky main characters, simply makes far more sense than this soulless, low-effort abomination.
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Erik Kain, Forbes, 5 Sep. 2024
The taste Alvarez showed in his Evil Dead remake and Don’t Breathe for third-act crescendos featuring rampaging abominations and nutty reveals is again in evidence here.
—David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 Aug. 2024
Today, factory farming poses ever-greater threats to society, including the rise of viruses of pandemic potential, climate change, and the moral abomination of large-scale animal slaughter.
—Crystal Heath, Vox, 9 Aug. 2024
But this abomination can’t all be pinned on Grifol.
—The Editorial Board, Hartford Courant, 6 Aug. 2024
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Erik Kain, Forbes, 5 Sep. 2024
The taste Alvarez showed in his Evil Dead remake and Don’t Breathe for third-act crescendos featuring rampaging abominations and nutty reveals is again in evidence here.
—David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 Aug. 2024
Today, factory farming poses ever-greater threats to society, including the rise of viruses of pandemic potential, climate change, and the moral abomination of large-scale animal slaughter.
—Crystal Heath, Vox, 9 Aug. 2024
But this abomination can’t all be pinned on Grifol.
—The Editorial Board, Hartford Courant, 6 Aug. 2024
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Zegler is competent as Juliet, more like a teenager in a sitcom who has to decide what to wear on a date to the malt shop than a girl who has accidently fallen in love with her father’s enemy.Trish Deitch, Variety, 25 Oct. 2024
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The cast here is most believable as young people—enemies or not—who stay up all night and then fall asleep in a pile, like puppies in long grass.Helen Shaw, The New Yorker, 25 Oct. 2024
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At the same time, there is still an intense hatred among many entities surrounding Israel that want to see its demise.Karl Vick, TIME, 29 Oct. 2024
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People like that fill me with violent hostility and even hatred.Yukio Mishima, The New Yorker, 27 Oct. 2024
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The ambivalence of André and his parents was culturally unexceptional, but Simone’s abhorrence wasn’t.Judith Thurman, The New Yorker, 2 Sep. 2024
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To assume that liberalism is the only system that can justify or explain an abhorrence of bigotry is to ignore a wealth of moral traditions that are at least equally formative.Becca Rothfeld, Washington Post, 3 July 2024
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They can also be misused to aid crime and terrorism or to promote hate and misinformation.Olga Megorskaya, Forbes, 24 Oct. 2024
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The men on board were identified as members of the hate groups Order of the Black Sun and Goyim Defense League.Will Carless, USA TODAY, 19 Oct. 2024
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One of the most memorable chapters epitomizes her detestation for the ultra-wealthy and pompous intellectuals who rushed to rationalize her work.Carlos Aguilar, Variety, 20 Jan. 2024
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Media coverage oscillated wildly between sycophantic applause and puritanical scrutiny - celebrities made to traipse an ephemeral, razor thin line between public adoration and detestation.Colin Scanlon, Redbook, 4 Aug. 2023
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The balance between witty humor and monster mayhem is perfectly calibrated, with John Goodman bringing the laughs as a gregarious exterminator and Jeff Daniels providing twitchy paranoia as a small-town doctor with an intense phobia of all things arachnid.Katie Rife, EW.com, 18 Oct. 2024
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There are not enough studies to support acupuncture as an effective treatment for other types of anxiety disorders such as panic disorder, phobias, social anxiety disorder, and separation anxiety disorder.2 Does Acupuncture Help With Anxiety?Michelle Pugle, Verywell Health, 26 Sep. 2024
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Players Charley and Amarjit are collaborators in life but adversaries in this game of corporate deception, designed to lead the farmer to dispossession.Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 22 Oct. 2024
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Cheney also targeted her argument for her business-minded audience, taking the opportunity to take aim at Trump's economic plan, which leans heavily on massive tariff increases on allies and adversaries alike -- which economists say will lead to price hikes for domestic consumers.Tal Axelrod, ABC News, 22 Oct. 2024
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Trump’s harsher trade policies toward China, combined with his antipathy toward U.S. alliances in the Asia-Pacific, point to greater instability in U.S.-China relations, said Wu Xinbo, director of the Center for American Studies at Fudan University in Shanghai.Jennifer Jett, NBC News, 22 Oct. 2024
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Vance’s antipathy for them hardened during the pandemic.Eric Cortellessa, TIME, 26 Sep. 2024
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“Abomination.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/abomination. Accessed 8 Nov. 2024.
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