disappoint
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Roan looked especially happy to be there, happily performing for free and her set did not disappoint.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 30, 2026
Growth did disappoint, as Warsh and his colleagues feared.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026
Roblox stock is handed two Sell ratings after second-quarter earnings disappoint and guidance shows a worrying trend.
From Barron's ● Jul. 31, 2026
To disappoint investors just a few weeks after its $29 billion listing of depositary receipts on Nasdaq demonstrated poor “communication and messaging,” he wrote.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 29, 2026
I should have known Oskar Schindler would never disappoint me.
From "The Boy on the Wooden Box" by Leon Leyson
In the second scenario, the pace of AI adoption disappoints.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 1, 2026
AES stock falls as $15-a-share offer disappoints shareholders.
From Barron's ● Mar. 2, 2026
"I wouldn't want to be a baker who disappoints her, but I can see her being very encouraging at the same time."
From BBC ● Feb. 14, 2026
Even if it disappoints some people, it’s the more important message to put out into the world.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 25, 2025
I don’t know why, but his reaction disappoints me.
From "Allegiant" by Veronica Roth
Shares of Victoria’s Secret took a dive in early Thursday trading, as investors had high hopes for the lingerie maker’s fiscal second-quarter earnings report but were disappointed by a slight sales miss.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 3, 2026
NBA commissioner Adam Silver said he was "deeply disappointed" by the Clippers' "flagrant violations" of the rules and said he believed the "severity of the penalties reflects the seriousness of the violations".
From BBC ● Sep. 2, 2026
“We never had that problem, so I’m disappointed that they did that.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026
"A sizable share of voters is really disappointed and angry," said Giovanni Orsina, a political scientist at Rome's Luiss University.
From Barron's ● Sep. 2, 2026
She hesitated a minute before leaving and I sensed I’d disappointed her.
From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse
Instead, all of the tedious, disappointing, ridiculous components fuse, creating a viewing experience that is occasionally infuriating in the moment, but leaves the mind the second the credits roll.
From Salon ● Sep. 2, 2026
“Any strategy has disappointing periods,” says Antti Ilmanen, global co-head of the portfolio solutions group at AQR Capital Management.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 31, 2026
Christos Tzolis: A disappointing night for the winger who worked hard but lacked quality when going forward.
From BBC ● Aug. 31, 2026
“This outcome is disappointing given the amount of work that went into this process over the last two years and how close a constructive outcome seemed to be,” the Citi analysts added.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 31, 2026
That was a billion times more disappointing than any disappointment ever!
From "Klawde: Evil Alien Warlord Cat" by Johnny Marciano and Emily Chenoweth
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