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jealous

[jel-uhs] / ˈdʒɛl əs /


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“People are jealous of the credibility they’ve created, but that’s not something a marketing budget can buy,” Gastman added.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 15, 2026

It showed that women don’t have to be jealous of each other.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 10, 2026

I can’t do it, because I’m jelly, jelly jealous.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 7, 2026

“Here is a woman who has never been particularly jealous of any other woman, realizing that she deeply envies this chair,” the film’s narrator, voiced by Melanie Griffith, says.

From Salon • Feb. 18, 2026

I’m not saying he wasn’t a good player—and it wasn't that I was jealous.

From "Maybe He Just Likes You" by Barbara Dee




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