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- noun Plural form of
envy . - verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
envy .
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Examples
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Oh yes, Google, which everyone envies, is prodding all this on to keep its rivals in a state of confusion.
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Oh yes, Google, which everyone envies, is prodding all this on to keep its rivals in a state of confusion.
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On the other hand, Canada enjoys an advantage, as all the Dominions do, which the Mother Country does not possess, but which now the Mother Country very much envies, that is, of being a long distance from Europe and I am not at all sure that the Dominions would necessarily be wise-it is not for me to express an opinion upon this-at least it is conceivable that a Dominion might be wise in refusing to adhere to the Locarno agreement.
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Where all that cross their envies are their fables)
Dedication 1857
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Even the most bigoted Westerner envies a nice tan, but not so for millions of Pacific Rim residents … and Chinese Singaporeans.
Let’s talk about … millions of Kims & Parks — Fusion Despatches 2009
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As to the person who posted from the South saying that hating people is "moral" and that everyone moves to the South and envies them ... that's pretty darn funny.
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But there is some part of me that envies the ease with which people used to get hitched.
Pamela Newton: The Curse of the Unmarried Generation Pamela Newton 2010
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If there was one thing obvious at last week's Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, it's that just about every company in the consumer electronics industry envies the success of Apple's iPad.
Larry Magid: Will Tablets Make Us Less Creative? Larry Magid 2011
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But there is some part of me that envies the ease with which people used to get hitched.
Pamela Newton: The Curse of the Unmarried Generation Pamela Newton 2010
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But there is some part of me that envies the ease with which people used to get hitched.
Pamela Newton: The Curse of the Unmarried Generation Pamela Newton 2010
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