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The capacity of policymakers to make decisions that might displease the government is under increasing threat, the head of the European Central Bank said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 1, 2026

Mr Mitsotakis said the decision had "tortured" him but he felt a "heavy responsibility in standing next to those most vulnerable, even if it might fleetingly displease them".

From BBC ● Nov. 30, 2021

Independent filmmakers, she said, are “not going to compromise and will show the truth” – and hence displease the Taliban.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 30, 2021

His solution, which will displease purists, and plenty of impurists as well, was to do away with the dialogue altogether and put the music through a high-speed chipper.

From New York Times ● Aug. 8, 2021

“I must go to meet with the other shamans. It is time to find out what we have done to displease the spirits. The paqos must join powers to talk with the other world.”

From "The Ugly One" by Leanne Statland Ellis

"We showed it with Gabriella, we showed it again with Laurence. But it displeases some people, obviously. It's competition, it's natural. But it's true that it was more complicated than we thought."

From Barron's ● Feb. 12, 2026

The rest of NIH’s 27 institutes and centers would stay at current budget levels, a status quo that displeases advocates for biomedical research.

From Science Magazine ● Mar. 9, 2023

“But traditionally with royals throughout history, if anyone displeases them, they are out. As Prince Philip always, always said: ‘It’s not about the individual.

From Washington Post ● Dec. 1, 2022

Any outcome that displeases them is ipso facto a bastardized one.

From New York Times ● Feb. 21, 2020

“Your tone displeases me! The girl and her friends were foolhardy in the extreme. Thieving from the headmaster!”

From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling

Lutnick was so displeased that he made Greer and the Indian official redo the meeting—this time on his turf at the Commerce Department, according to people with knowledge of the meetings.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 28, 2026

So I’d like each of them to name an issue where, for the good of the state, they’re willing to take on their friends and allies, knowing they’ll be displeased.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 28, 2026

Microsoft Azure’s 39% cloud growth in the fourth quarter paled in comparison to Google Cloud’s 48% growth, and investors were displeased by Microsoft’s decision to allocate more computing power to internal projects.

From MarketWatch ● Feb. 24, 2026

But online reviews left by an overwhelming number of displeased customers say otherwise.

From Salon ● Dec. 10, 2025

Only one aspect of her friendship with Emily would have displeased her mother, but she was not likely to find it out, and so Shirley did not trouble herself too much over it.

From "In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson" by Bette Bao Lord

District Court for the District of Columbia agreed; he quashed the subpoenas and said the government had offered no evidence that Powell committed any crime “other than displeasing the president.”

From Barron's ● Mar. 18, 2026

He wrote about her in his postcards home, displeasing his moralistic parents.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 13, 2026

"My wife sends her regards, thank you for the pudding rice. She sends your fiancé this sweater and hopes that it is not displeasing to her," it reads.

From BBC ● Mar. 1, 2024

Having a well-stocked refrigerator filled with rotting foods is incredibly wasteful and displeasing, to say the least.

From Salon ● Feb. 23, 2024

“Yes, I denied knowing him. I was afraid”— again I choose my words carefully—“of displeasing El Jefe.”

From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez