discontent
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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
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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
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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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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