discontent
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"Discontent that had built up over the years has exploded," Skender Minxhozi, editor-in-chief of local outlet Java News, told AFP.
From Barron's • Jun. 9, 2026
Two decades later, the show took place with subdued lighting during 1972's Winter of Discontent, a period of widespread strikes, economic turmoil and regular power cuts.
From BBC • Mar. 5, 2025
Discontent among Chinese workers, who worry about working harder for less economic gains, could garner anger towards the government or lead to social instability.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 25, 2024
Discontent was simmering on Indiana University’s flagship campus long before the first tent went up in Dunn Meadow, the vast green space beside the student union in Bloomington.
From New York Times • May 2, 2024
Discontent increased and some men were so exasperated that they preferred to destroy their own products rather than pay the tax which was to go to the public treasury.
From The History of Cuba, vol. 2 by Johnson, Willis Fletcher
Vocabulary lists containing discontent
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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