disbelief
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There was disbelief among Icelanders when Trump mistakenly referred to their country four times in his speech at Davos, when he meant Greenland.
From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026
Burnham expressed his disbelief that the fifth-largest economy in the world cannot "get our own people off the streets", writing in The Guardian: "I don't believe it for a minute".
From Barron's ● Aug. 19, 2026
Peter Fleming, convinced this was just another of his son’s antics, chuckled in disbelief.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026
When Brooks heard what Murrill was trying to do, five months after he’d filed his claim, he said he was flooded with anger and disbelief.
From Salon ● Aug. 10, 2026
I give a laugh of disbelief and sign, “Not at all. I was thinking earlier about how much I missed your basement.”
From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer
Vocabulary lists containing disbelief
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