dissent

Example Sentences

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Coupled with shortages of food and medicine, the situation has triggered rare public dissent in the form of street protests.

From BBC • Mar. 28, 2026

Florence, wracked by dissent and besieged by the Holy Roman Empire, remained in ferment until the Medicis consolidated power in 1530 into what became the Duchy of Florence.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026

Justice Sonia Sotomayor made that clear in her stinging and persuasive dissent from the court’s denial of certiorari.

From Slate • Mar. 27, 2026

People fed up with rolling blackouts have staged sporadic protests in recent days, banging pots and shouting slogans against the government, rare demonstrations in a country known for repressing dissent.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 22, 2026

But to my surprise, no one mutters in dissent and no one laughs.

From "Insurgent" by Veronica Roth