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discontent

[dis-kuhn-tent] / ˌdɪs kənˈtɛnt /


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It’s been a summer of discontent for the momentum trade, which has mostly been hot artificial-intelligence-themed stocks that investors chased higher and could not get enough of, until they did.

From MarketWatch Aug. 3, 2026

Just below the surface, however, the soccer world was seething with discontent.

From Salon Aug. 2, 2026

Agriculture Minister Annie Genevard has defended the agriculture bill as necessary to address discontent among farmers after protests this winter.

From Barron's Jul. 21, 2026

But you do wonder if player discontent at his perceived defensive tweaks in that semi-final loss and the angry fan reaction changes the direction of travel.

From BBC Jul. 19, 2026

A ripple of discontent and distrust ran through the crowd.

From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell

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

I mean the movies that reveal something to us about the highs and lows, the glories and discontents, and above all something ineffable about love itself, transcending just romance.

From New York Times Feb. 16, 2024

But there are other discontents still in Moscow, and politically active.

From Salon Jun. 26, 2023

And second, “Less” covers all the joys and discontents of travel, and so does Greer’s new follow-up novel, “Less Is Lost.”

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 19, 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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