dissent
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Note: Vote counts in emergency decisions assume that any justice who didn't publicly record a dissent voted with the majority.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 4, 2026
What I find most disturbing in this instance is Kavanaugh’s dissent.
From Los Angeles Times • May 29, 2026
In Flowers, Justice Clarence Thomas confidently declared in dissent that Mississippi could retry and convict Curtis Flowers.
From Slate • May 28, 2026
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
I wonder if that’s the kind of place this is—where dissent can be expressed in public, in the middle of a normal conversation, instead of in secret spaces, with hushed voices.
From "Allegiant" by Veronica Roth
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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