displeasure
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Cleveland fans expressed their displeasure, but Yan wasn’t bothered.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026
Local media have reported that journalists at Nine have raised concerns about Stefanovic's project on the firm's editorial brand, and that advertisers have also expressed displeasure.
From BBC ● Jun. 24, 2026
He also announced possible tariff hikes on Brazilian products, much to the displeasure of the Lula administration.
From Barron's ● Jun. 9, 2026
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene and journalist Megyn Kelly, for example – have voiced their displeasure with him on several issues.
From Salon ● May 20, 2026
He and Thula slipped across the state line and married on the shores of Lake Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, in April 1921, to the great displeasure of Thula’s parents.
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
They call him the English Bayard, and the Frenchman need not be displeasured by the comparison.
From Views and Reviews Essays in appreciation by William Ernest Henley
For when the way of pleasuring, and displeasuring, lieth by the favorite, it is impossible any other should be overgreat.
From The Essays of Francis Bacon by Francis Bacon
For when the way of pleasuring and displeasuring lieth by the favourite, it is impossible any other should be over-great.
From A Century of English Essays An Anthology Ranging from Caxton to R. L. Stevenson & the Writers of Our Own Time by Ernest Rhys
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