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disharmony

[dis-hahr-muh-nee] / dɪsˈhɑr mə ni /


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FIFA’s president, Gianni Infantino, has repeatedly positioned the sport as a force for inclusion and social cohesion; soccer diplomacy is being elevated as the panacea for our current global disharmony.

From Salon ● Jul. 18, 2026

Paris Saint-Germain coach Luis Enrique dismissed any suggestions of dressing room disharmony as the reigning European champions prepared to put their continental title on the line this midweek against domestic rivals Monaco.

From Barron's ● Feb. 16, 2026

It was proof, yet again, that elderly parents leave behind financial disharmony, despite their best intentions.

From MarketWatch ● Jan. 2, 2026

She says it's hard to get a divorce because "many of our laws in China are to protect the family. Women often dare not divorce because of family disharmony".

From BBC ● Jan. 4, 2025

Never once did I witness any disharmony between one of my uncles and the earth and work of the valley.

From "Bless Me, Ultima" by Rudolfo Anaya

Eerily floating string disharmonies were cut off by jarring percussion and brass outbursts; inquisitive wind motifs were answered with stark silences.

From New York Times ● Apr. 11, 2011

The oldest American negotiation, the endless business between black and white, may be subverted more than we know by disharmonies of expectation and assumption.

From Time Magazine Archive

In fact, one may say that disease, pestilence, famine, tornadoes, wars, and all forms of what we call evil are disharmonies, because their tendency is to defeat the orderly development of life.

From Under the Maples by John Burroughs

There arises before our phantasy a new perspective of human affairs; a suggestion of well-being wherein the futile complexities and disharmonies of our age shall have no place.

From Old Calabria by Norman Douglas

Man, because of the fundamental disharmonies in his constitution, does not develop normally.

From The World's Greatest Books — Volume 15 — Science by Sir John Alexander Hammerton


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