discontent
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The discontent is focused on leaders that voters feel are unable to address the day’s most pressing problems.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 11, 2026
Venezuela's acting president Delcy Rodriguez on Thursday hiked the minimum wage package by 26.3 percent, to $240, in an attempt to quell growing discontent over difficult living conditions.
From Barron's • Apr. 30, 2026
Harron asserts that Solanas’ actions were not the result of a brief, blind rage, but of a chronic discontent — a state of mind that looks all the more familiar two decades later.
From Salon • Apr. 29, 2026
Further attacks could intensify pressure on the military government as public discontent grows.
From BBC • Apr. 28, 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
Vocabulary lists containing discontent
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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