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discomfort

[dis-kuhm-fert] / dɪsˈkʌm fərt /




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Mr. Chabal detects “a good deal of repression” and a discomfort with Jewishness.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 14, 2026

But at some stage it’s likely the discomfort will get too much for the shorts and they may feel forced to buy back their positions.

From MarketWatch Aug. 11, 2026

Some solutions that can reduce discomfort include allowing the patient to choose the music playing during a scan or procedure, and determining the pace at which a procedure takes place.

From Slate Aug. 10, 2026

In his first appearance since June, the 24-year-old Briton took France's Terence Atmane to three sets before recurring discomfort appeared to limit his play and he lost 6-3 2-6 6-2.

From BBC Aug. 4, 2026

I look back on the discomfort of that moment now and recognize the more universal challenge of squaring who you are with where you come from and where you want to go.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama

In India, where marriage and motherhood are regarded as the ultimate goal and a sacred duty for most women, a play talking about the discomforts of a mother comes as a refreshing change.

From BBC Jul. 9, 2026

As the latest heat wave discomforts Europe, France is arguing about air conditioning.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 29, 2026

After the interview, Isaac and co-host Ronald Young Jr. talk about the challenges and discomforts of self-promotion.

From Slate Aug. 25, 2024

They demonstrate that resilience is not always about unwavering composure but about challenging the status quo, addressing discomforts with candor, and urging listeners to find strength beyond the lures of capitalism.

From Salon Jan. 30, 2024

But her daughter can only wallow in her own discomforts.

From "Dreaming in Cuban" by Cristina García

He moved from 45 overnight to his eighth Test score of 50 or more, but was discomforted by the short ball.

From BBC Jun. 30, 2023

Duckett had been discomforted by the short ball and Root caught off a no-ball, yet England refused to temper their aggression.

From BBC Jun. 29, 2023

Though Head made a silky 146 on day one, he was discomforted by the short ball, and when a fired-up Siraj went short again on Thursday morning, Head gloved down the leg side.

From BBC Jun. 8, 2023

Mr. Kriegel’s raw emotion, it was plain, discomforted them.

From New York Times Oct. 11, 2022

All the same, the reproof in John Holbrook’s voice left her discomforted.

From "The Witch of Blackbird Pond" by Elizabeth George Speare

Stark, discomforting amplification diminishes intimacy and the luxurious richness of Bullock’s soprano, which easily fills a room on its own, suggests quiet terror, the lonely state of Nina Simone’s “Images.”

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 19, 2026

That calmed worries that had built on Wall Street that the inflation data could show a discomforting reacceleration.

From Seattle Times Feb. 29, 2024

It is a prospect that has some people bracing for possibly discomforting disclosures.

From New York Times Apr. 25, 2023

The discomforting reality is that, while Altman and his ilk have been predicting an exponential acceleration of productivity, we have been experiencing a deceleration.

From Salon Mar. 19, 2023

But the fact is, once I had sat down to supper at their table, once a number of their neighbours had come calling, a most discomforting set of events began to unfold around me.

From "The Remains of the Day" by Kazuo Ishiguro




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