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disquiet

[dis-kwahy-it] / dɪsˈkwaɪ ɪt /




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But there is disquiet among critics of China who argue the country has a poor record on human rights and poses a threat to the UK's national security.

From BBC • Jan. 30, 2026

One might dismiss these expressions of disquiet as mere “vibes,” but the raw figures bear them out.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 6, 2025

“I’m not sure it will completely satisfy the public disquiet but it’s at least something,” Andrew Lownie, the historian and author of “Entitled: The Rise and Fall of the House of York,” told the BBC.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 31, 2025

The last visit to Yasukuni by a serving prime minister in 2013, by the late Shinzo Abe -- Takaichi's mentor -- prompted fury from China and South Korea and disquiet from Washington.

From Barron's • Oct. 10, 2025

I had elected, in my fevered search for honorable adjustment to the American scene, not to submit and in doing so I had embraced the daily horror of anxiety, of tension, of eternal disquiet.

From "Black Boy" by Richard Wright




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