discontent
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The devastating 2025 wildfires, along with enduring problems of homelessness, declining city infrastructure and traffic, have exacerbated discontent.
From Los Angeles Times • May 31, 2026
In the Backrooms, where unrest and discontent stretch on for miles, maybe more, we can be as dysfunctional as we want to be.
From Salon • May 30, 2026
There have also been reports of discontent over bonuses at Taiwan's chip production giant TSMC, where AI demand has brought record profits.
From Barron's • May 28, 2026
Dipke previously told the BBC that the group's popularity spoke to wide discontent among young Indians about the high unemployment rate, and a feeling they are being ignored by mainstream politics.
From BBC • May 23, 2026
They are very interested in how other households are run; such bits of petty gossip give them an opportunity for pride or discontent.
From "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood
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Power Prefix: dis-
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Figurative Language in King's "I Have a Dream" Speech (1963)
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Of Mice and Men
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