displease
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That would certainly displease, even enrage, Mr. Trump.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 14, 2026
“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 a spokesman did point out that it does not exist to satisfy the F1 teams, and that every decision it makes in the sport is likely to displease someone.
From BBC ● Dec. 13, 2021
His solution, which will displease purists, and plenty of impurists as well, was to do away with the dialogue altogether and put the music through a high-speed chipper.
From New York Times ● Aug. 8, 2021
“One he can hang if the friend’s father should displease him?” asked Lord Tytos.
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
"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
The inevitable penalty appeal eventuates, which displeases Keogh immensely.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 11, 2015
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
Harpootlian heard rumblings that some of the jurors were displeased with Hill’s conduct and began to scour the back roads of Colleton County to track them down.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 24, 2026
Investors displeased with Apple’s slow AI momentum have long speculated that it could finally become acquisitive.
From MarketWatch ● May 1, 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
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
He was not altogether displeased by what he saw.
From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin
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
He wrote about her in his postcards home, displeasing his moralistic parents.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 13, 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
“Yes, I denied knowing him. I was afraid”— again I choose my words carefully—“of displeasing El Jefe.”
From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez
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