disappointment
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Fans reacted to its latest announcement with disappointment.
From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2026
"The booing and disappointment from Liverpool supporters is something I'm absolutely able to shoulder. I can understand it, in my own way," he said.
From BBC ● Aug. 23, 2026
“LIV Golf recognizes the disappointment these changes may bring for fans, local stakeholders, Thomas Rhett and Disco Lines, and appreciates the significant time and effort invested by the artists and their teams,” the league said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 22, 2026
Despite his disappointment, Abdul-Mateen said in his Vanity Fair interview that he understands “business and life move on.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026
A sigh of disappointment ran through Room 5.
From "Ralph S. Mouse" by Beverly Cleary
“I love my mountain of disappointments, I do, but I’m human and my mountain is starting to sting more than it used to,” Krumholtz said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2026
Why do so many readers I speak to believe they can be a fair judge presiding over every moment of this couple’s dreams and disappointments?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 21, 2026
George Russell bounced back from the disappointments of the past few races to take pole position for the Barcelona-Catalunya Grand Prix.
From BBC ● Jun. 13, 2026
Both parts of Oracle’s software business were disappointments.
From Barron's ● Jun. 10, 2026
Rain caused one to reflect on the shadowed, more poignant parts of life—the inescapable sorrows, the speechless longings, the disappointments, the regrets, the cold miseries.
From "Abel's Island" by William Steig
Vocabulary lists containing disappointment
Cormac McCarthy's "The Road"
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