disbelief
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This doesn’t work for Alice, however, who goes from disbelief to sabotage to an act of betrayal whose wreckage spills out over the series and blows back on her.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 2026
The bill has been greeted with bafflement and disbelief.
From Slate • Jun. 2, 2026
It came as Mathys Tel prepared to take a corner and Spurs demanded a penalty that never came, their disbelief doubled when Cucurella was cautioned over the incident.
From BBC • May 19, 2026
That disbelief has also been felt by John Santi, who was 13 in 1976 when his older brother Tony died, aged 19, in a motorcycle accident.
From BBC • May 19, 2026
And so I settled in behind Betsie’s table, writing down sales and repair charges, recording cash spent for parts and supplies, and leafing through past records in growing disbelief.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
Vocabulary lists containing disbelief
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