chagrin

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To the chagrin of professionals, many people lean on popular AI chatbots to help solve their medical mysteries, interpret labs and provide psychological therapy.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 27, 2025

He drives most of the way before arriving at the treacherous Darién Gap, where he’s sidelined after falling into a thorny tree — but “they” save him, much to his chagrin.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 24, 2025

Much to Beijing's chagrin, those running many such scam centres are often Chinese themselves.

From BBC • Nov. 8, 2025

When students turn to artificial intelligence to do assignments, it’s usually to do the work easier, faster and, to the chagrin of educators, with less brain power.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 1, 2025

Three days go by like this and, to my chagrin, no one from the approximately twenty places at which I’ve applied calls me for an interview.

From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich