dissent
Example Sentences
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"We're living in the darkest moment that I've experienced on this planet," the 76-year-old "Pretty Woman" star told an awards ceremony in Oslo for the Vaclav Havel International Prize for Creative Dissent.
From Barron's • Jun. 2, 2026
The editors of “Rings of Dissent: Boxing and Performances of Rebellion” won’t have it.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 21, 2025
Appeared in the December 9, 2025, print edition as 'A Miami Republican’s Immigration Dissent'.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 8, 2025
Brooks agreed with me about that much, even though he was writing for the neoconservative Weekly Standard magazine and I for the democratic-socialist magazine Dissent.
From Salon • Nov. 10, 2024
Dissent is a necessary ingredient of change, but in a system of government that provides for peaceful change, there is no cause that justifies resort to violence.
From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander
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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