discontent
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Social media has many users trapped in nostalgia loops, desperately clinging to a simpler era that wasn’t so uniquely mired in digital discontent.
From Salon ● Sep. 14, 2026
The fuel crisis is also triggering discontent among bigger transporters.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026
A lack of clarity around AI usage is certainly causing discontent at Pamela's company.
From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2026
Sometimes the seeds of discontent get planted early, only to sprout with the turn of the seasons.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 7, 2026
There were many others who could not be shuffled into convenient categories, but it was because they were skilled at hiding the signs of their satisfaction or their discontent.
From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy
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Always at the heart of these discontents was the battery—or batteries, because there has been a succession of them, an alchemist’s closet of energy-storing potions in weirdly shaped bottles.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 28, 2026
Park’s not indifferent to normie concerns, such as family tensions and floundering careers, communities and their discontents.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2025
While these discontents were roiling, that's when he really met Meghan, and Meghan really reinforced his sense that he wasn't being, essentially, appreciated enough for his own gifts.
From Salon ● Jun. 2, 2022
“Parallel Mothers” would make a fine double feature with another recent film about motherhood and its discontents: “The Lost Daughter.”
From Washington Post ● Jan. 4, 2022
But men must work on, and Wang Lung worked as he had before, although the lengthening warm days and the sunshine and sudden rains filled everyone with longings and discontents.
From "The Good Earth" by Pearl S. Buck
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Power Prefix: dis-
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Figurative Language in King's "I Have a Dream" Speech (1963)
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Of Mice and Men
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