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discomfort

[dis-kuhm-fert] / dɪsˈkʌm fərt /




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Denny Jong, a 20-year-department veteran, as describing his relationship with the officers under his command as friendly and professional; none of them had ever expressed discomfort about their work environment, he reportedly said.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 4, 2026

Some drivers prefer not to use the cooling kit because of discomfort, and because there have been issues with the coolant running out before a grand prix is finished.

From BBC Sep. 3, 2026

But the data on crime shows there’s something bigger at stake in the Flock camera debate than discomfort with being watched.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 1, 2026

"It created discomfort, no doubt about that," Champagne told AFP when asked if the Russian finance minister's unexpected appearance impacted meetings.

From Barron's Sep. 1, 2026

“Will you be able to endure the discomfort? I hesitate to leave you.”

From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin

As the latest heat wave discomforts Europe, France is arguing about air conditioning.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 29, 2026

After the interview, Isaac and co-host Ronald Young Jr. talk about the challenges and discomforts of self-promotion.

From Slate Aug. 25, 2024

They demonstrate that resilience is not always about unwavering composure but about challenging the status quo, addressing discomforts with candor, and urging listeners to find strength beyond the lures of capitalism.

From Salon Jan. 30, 2024

Eventually, she says her feeling of "personal responsibility" outweighed the discomforts of her pregnancy.

From BBC Nov. 23, 2023

He owed it to his people to take these discomforts in stride.

From "The Girl Who Drank the Moon" by Kelly Barnhill

Boland was poor in the first innings, but first discomforted Duckett with a blow to the back elbow then drew the left-hander into a poke to second slip.

From BBC Nov. 22, 2025

It is not a given that Newey would be discomforted by Horner's departure.

From BBC Feb. 8, 2024

Mr. Kriegel’s raw emotion, it was plain, discomforted them.

From New York Times Oct. 11, 2022

He was discomforted by the pace of Wood, bowled by the Stokes no-ball on 17, and reprieved on 48 when Burns put down a simple chance at second slip off Robinson's bowling.

From BBC Dec. 9, 2021

“Of course — everyone knows —” muttered Mr. Diggory, looking highly discomforted.

From "Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire" by J. K. Rowling

Stark, discomforting amplification diminishes intimacy and the luxurious richness of Bullock’s soprano, which easily fills a room on its own, suggests quiet terror, the lonely state of Nina Simone’s “Images.”

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 19, 2026

That calmed worries that had built on Wall Street that the inflation data could show a discomforting reacceleration.

From Seattle Times Feb. 29, 2024

His modal vocabulary, flecked with pentatonic and other outré accents, could be profoundly ambiguous — sometimes stark, as in “Job,” a ballet in all but name, and sometimes discomforting, as in the otherworldly Sixth.

From New York Times Oct. 12, 2022

His desperation and menace emerged from act to act in a jarring time-lapse, and his chronically unbalanced chemistry with Leonard overloaded his José with discomforting pathos.

From Washington Post May 15, 2022

Something is discomforting about a sun that gives no heat but keeps shining.

From "Piecing Me Together" by Renée Watson




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