disapprove
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Eighty-seven percent of Peruvians disapprove of the legislature, according to an Ipsos poll.
From Barron's ● Jun. 5, 2026
It’s not as if voters can go to the voting booth and show that they disapprove of this.
From Slate ● May 7, 2026
According to Gallup, as of September 2025, 42% of respondents approve, 52% disapprove and 6% have no opinion of the Supreme Court.
From Salon ● Apr. 25, 2026
Direct military assistance would also be deeply unpopular among the Japanese people, with a recent poll by newspaper The Asahi Shimbun showing 82% of voters disapprove of the war.
From BBC ● Mar. 19, 2026
It would just be one more thing for her to disapprove of.
From "The First Rule of Punk" by Celia C. Pérez
Mr Yang hastened to add, however, that he disapproves of the ban on dog meat farming.
From BBC ● Jun. 24, 2025
“Mother of God,” says Maggie Smith flintily, when her character is confronted with something of which she disapproves — which is most things — in Irish director Thaddeus O’Sullivan’s blandly buttery “The Miracle Club.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 2023
“The prosecution clearly disapproves of Mr. Lazzaro’s playboy lifestyle,” Gerdts said.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 31, 2023
It seems likely that the court invented these rules because it believes Syed is guilty and disapproves of the state’s actions.
From Slate ● Mar. 29, 2023
Sometimes a group of countries disapproves of what another country is doing, and they refuse to trade or do business with that country until the situation improves.
From "Before We Were Free" by Julia Alvarez
A Pew Research survey in June 2025, external, before the TPS provision was withdrawn from Haitians, suggested 39% of Americans supported the ending of TPS but 59% disapproved.
From BBC ● Sep. 6, 2026
The 69-year-old disapproved of Smith’s handling of the issue.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026
Even so, Zaslav’s package failed to win shareholder support; 84% of those who voted in June disapproved, following a similar rejection a year before.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 29, 2026
A Pew Research poll from November showed that 70 percent of Latinos disapproved of his performance.
From Barron's ● Feb. 10, 2026
Percy, who disapproved of what he termed their childish behavior, didn’t spend much time in the Gryffindor common room.
From "Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets" by J. K. Rowling
Worryingly for Lula, the Datafolha poll showed 51 percent of voters disapproving of his performance.
From Barron's ● Apr. 24, 2026
They can issue a resolution disapproving of the president’s conduct.
From Slate ● Mar. 2, 2026
Tenor Glenn Seven Allen was a solid Guillot; Justin Lee Miller’s rolling bass supplied richness as the Count Des Grieux, the Chevalier’s disapproving father.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 17, 2026
What we call "fussiness" with a disapproving tone, is often anxiety and sensitivity, says consultant counselling psychologist Dr Ritika Suk Birah.
From BBC ● Dec. 21, 2025
But then I saw Mrs. Ivy sitting at her desk, looking disapproving, and I thought, Well, I will not give her the satisfaction.
From "Louisiana's Way Home" by Kate DiCamillo
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