discontent
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The fuel crisis is also triggering discontent among bigger transporters.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026
But maybe, just maybe, Marvel fans are feeling a nagging sense of discontent, too.
From Salon ● Sep. 11, 2026
A lack of clarity around AI usage is certainly causing discontent at Pamela's company.
From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2026
Sometimes the seeds of discontent get planted early, only to sprout with the turn of the seasons.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 7, 2026
The fact that all the Boston police stations were crowded and filthy added to the discontent.
From "1919 The Year That Changed America" by Martin W. Sandler
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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
But there are other discontents still in Moscow, and politically active.
From Salon ● Jun. 26, 2023
Warehouse labor barks its discontents in “Foul” by the New Orleans post-punk band Special Interest.
From New York Times ● Oct. 7, 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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