discontent
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Cities across the Western world are struggling to address housing and affordability crises, squeezing residents and developers alike and breeding discontent.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 2026
"What began as the 'Flamingo Revolution' has sparked widespread public discontent," protester Alketa Ademi told AFP.
From Barron's ● Jul. 4, 2026
Unfortunately, the headache has spread to Halloween in recent years, making it the looming gate to a season of discontent.
From Salon ● Jun. 30, 2026
For England, a winter of discontent has bled into the heat of the summer.
From BBC ● Jun. 26, 2026
Quiet the discontent and put the president’s mind at rest.
From "Catching Fire" by Suzanne Collins
Always at the heart of these discontents was the battery—or batteries, because there has been a succession of them, an alchemist’s closet of energy-storing potions in weirdly shaped bottles.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 28, 2026
Park’s not indifferent to normie concerns, such as family tensions and floundering careers, communities and their discontents.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2025
There was a lot of roiling discontents in Harry.
From Salon ● Jun. 2, 2022
A sly, mordantly funny, at times brutal satire about altruism and its discontents, the movie offers something of an emotional workout.
From New York Times ● Mar. 17, 2022
But men must work on, and Wang Lung worked as he had before, although the lengthening warm days and the sunshine and sudden rains filled everyone with longings and discontents.
From "The Good Earth" by Pearl S. Buck
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Power Prefix: dis-
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Figurative Language in King's "I Have a Dream" Speech (1963)
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Of Mice and Men
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