displease

That would certainly displease, even enrage, Mr. Trump.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 14, 2026

This change may displease some, but for those being vigilant about their health and would like more transparency about the food they are eating, it's a welcome change.

From Salon ● Nov. 20, 2023

They do not want to be overly dependent on Chinese supplies, but they cannot afford to displease the Chinese government.

From New York Times ● May 31, 2023

“I had the honor of knowing a hierarch who did not hesitate to directly express his opinion, regardless of whether this would displease his interlocutor or even a section of society,” Anastasiades said.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 12, 2022

But now William no longer had the health to travel, and he worried that such plans would displease the NSA, anyway.

From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield

"We showed it with Gabriella, we showed it again with Laurence. But it displeases some people, obviously. It's competition, it's natural. But it's true that it was more complicated than we thought."

From Barron's ● Feb. 12, 2026

The rest of NIH’s 27 institutes and centers would stay at current budget levels, a status quo that displeases advocates for biomedical research.

From Science Magazine ● Mar. 9, 2023

He is the domineering interloper intent on telling the industry all the ways in which it displeases him.

From Washington Post ● Oct. 11, 2022

On occasion such an arrangement leads to images whose directness displeases the authorities, but a more common outcome has been that proximity to an army helps bolster the narrative preferred by the army.

From New York Times ● Feb. 6, 2019

Then he says something to my daughter that really displeases her: “It’s uncanny how much you two look alike!”

From "The Joy Luck Club" by Amy Tan

The U.A.E. was displeased with the Israeli announcement and saw it as embarrassing, according to a person close to Emirati officials.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 14, 2026

So I’d like each of them to name an issue where, for the good of the state, they’re willing to take on their friends and allies, knowing they’ll be displeased.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 28, 2026

Investors have been especially displeased with the botched rollout of Apple Intelligence, which was first announced in 2024 but has been continuously delayed.

From MarketWatch ● Apr. 20, 2026

Long-term Xbox fans were also displeased when it announced it would begin to publish formerly exclusive titles on other consoles.

From BBC ● Mar. 6, 2026

My mother never spanked me, but she had a way of letting me know when I had displeased her.

From "The Boy on the Wooden Box" by Leon Leyson

Boasberg would later rule that prosecutors had “offered no evidence whatsoever that Powell committed any crime other than displeasing the president.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 12, 2026

District Court for the District of Columbia agreed; he quashed the subpoenas and said the government had offered no evidence that Powell committed any crime “other than displeasing the president.”

From Barron's ● Mar. 18, 2026

"My wife sends her regards, thank you for the pudding rice. She sends your fiancé this sweater and hopes that it is not displeasing to her," it reads.

From BBC ● Mar. 1, 2024

Having a well-stocked refrigerator filled with rotting foods is incredibly wasteful and displeasing, to say the least.

From Salon ● Feb. 23, 2024

“So you thought you might be displeasing El Jefe by admitting to a friendship with Virgilio Morales?”

From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez