discomfort
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But at some stage it’s likely the discomfort will get too much for the shorts and they may feel forced to buy back their positions.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 11, 2026
Some solutions that can reduce discomfort include allowing the patient to choose the music playing during a scan or procedure, and determining the pace at which a procedure takes place.
From Slate ● Aug. 10, 2026
In his first appearance since June, the 24-year-old Briton took France's Terence Atmane to three sets before recurring discomfort appeared to limit his play and he lost 6-3 2-6 6-2.
From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2026
He felt some discomfort in his shoulder, the same one he had surgically cleaned up in September, since last Saturday in New York, Stewart said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 2, 2026
Jack digs into his breakfast, oblivious to my discomfort.
From "The Sea in Winter" by Christine Day
As the latest heat wave discomforts Europe, France is arguing about air conditioning.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 29, 2026
SuperMouth ULTIM8 SmartBrush System – Toothbrushes have long been one of travel’s little discomforts — often still damp from use, or less than effective when you pack a separate “travel” brush.
From Salon ● Nov. 20, 2025
"That's life. But I was always looking to learn from those discomforts."
From BBC ● Mar. 18, 2025
After the interview, Isaac and co-host Ronald Young Jr. talk about the challenges and discomforts of self-promotion.
From Slate ● Aug. 25, 2024
But all of those discomforts were nothing against their lack of water.
From "Ship Breaker" by Paolo Bacigalupi
He was lively with the new ball and again after lunch, when he discomforted Jacks.
From BBC ● Nov. 13, 2025
Mr. Kriegel’s raw emotion, it was plain, discomforted them.
From New York Times ● Oct. 11, 2022
There were moments when Mitchell played rash drives at James Anderson and was briefly discomforted by short balls from Stokes, while Blundell looked skittish when leg-spinner Matt Parkinson came into the attack.
From BBC ● Jun. 3, 2022
He was discomforted by the pace of Wood, bowled by the Stokes no-ball on 17, and reprieved on 48 when Burns put down a simple chance at second slip off Robinson's bowling.
From BBC ● Dec. 9, 2021
I apologized by instinct to him for this mishap which discomforted only me.
From "A Separate Peace" by John Knowles
That calmed worries that had built on Wall Street that the inflation data could show a discomforting reacceleration.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 29, 2024
The discomforting intimacy of the sequence has stayed with him.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 20, 2023
The discomforting reality is that, while Altman and his ilk have been predicting an exponential acceleration of productivity, we have been experiencing a deceleration.
From Salon ● Mar. 19, 2023
The robot’s movements, informed by years of studying how birds walk, include a slight sway in its frame when it is at rest, to dispel the discomforting stillness that bothers humans.
From New York Times ● Jul. 12, 2022
Something is discomforting about a sun that gives no heat but keeps shining.
From "Piecing Me Together" by Renée Watson
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