dissent
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One Saudi who has direct experience of how the authorities there deal with dissent is Abdullah al-Ouda, an academic and human rights activist based in the US.
From BBC • May 25, 2026
Justice Elena Kagan made the same argument in dissent.
From Los Angeles Times • May 21, 2026
The additional backing could have come from voting members who wanted the language gone but weren’t prepared to dissent over it, or from bank presidents who don’t have a vote this year.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 20, 2026
While they released the letter spelling out their dissent, the Fed clarified that Bowman had abstained from the vote.
From Barron's • May 15, 2026
This caused perhaps the most publicized dissent against the Lazarus woodpecker, with op-ed pieces running weekly in the paper to disparage John Barling and his mob of birdwatcher friends.
From "Where Things Come Back" by John Corey Whaley
Vocabulary lists containing dissent
The Hunger Games
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Essential Academic Vocabulary for Middle School Students, List 8
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Common Senses: Sent, Sens ("Feel")
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