disappointment
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That leaves little room for disappointment, but the valuation could stay elevated if the company keeps delivering.
From Barron's • Jun. 10, 2026
"Of course it doesn't feel nice and it should be like that because this is not what we wanted. There was disappointment and there was hurt," Wiegman added.
From BBC • Jun. 8, 2026
But that qualifying campaign ended in disappointment a year later when a loss to Trinidad and Tobago kept the U.S. from going to Russia.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 7, 2026
After years of disappointment, a random eBay trawl turned up a surprise offer of the long-lost chocolate mints, with a notice for mint vintage items.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 4, 2026
I was getting weary of his constant righteousness and the sense I was in some way a great disappointment to him.
From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French
Vocabulary lists containing disappointment
Cormac McCarthy's "The Road"
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