disappointment
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Lane had to have been prepared but a subtle wince of disappointment could be detected when the camera pryingly caught his immediate reaction.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 2026
Reifel's former boss, Police Chief Michelle Kott, told the BBC that while the department respects his decision, "I would be less than candid if I didn't acknowledge my disappointment in losing another police officer".
From BBC • Jun. 6, 2026
A weekly survey suggests that active money managers are almost fully invested in U.S. stocks; while options-market activity showed investors are overwhelmingly positioned for gains, which means any disappointment can trigger profit-taking.
From Barron's • Jun. 5, 2026
After years of disappointment, a random eBay trawl turned up a surprise offer of the long-lost chocolate mints, with a notice for mint vintage items.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 4, 2026
I was getting weary of his constant righteousness and the sense I was in some way a great disappointment to him.
From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French
Vocabulary lists containing disappointment
Cormac McCarthy's "The Road"
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"Pass It On," "If There Be Pain," and "Sonnet 30"
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