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discontent

[dis-kuhn-tent] / ˌdɪs kənˈtɛnt /


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There was serious discontent in the Ottoman camp.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 5, 2026

It’s been a summer of discontent for the momentum trade, which has mostly been hot artificial-intelligence-themed stocks that investors chased higher and could not get enough of, until they did.

From MarketWatch Aug. 3, 2026

Just below the surface, however, the soccer world was seething with discontent.

From Salon Aug. 2, 2026

Agriculture Minister Annie Genevard has defended the agriculture bill as necessary to address discontent among farmers after protests this winter.

From Barron's Jul. 21, 2026

The idea that Holmes might be the cause of Julia’s discontent seemed more and more improbable.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson

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

But there are other discontents still in Moscow, and politically active.

From Salon Jun. 26, 2023

A sly, mordantly funny, at times brutal satire about altruism and its discontents, the movie offers something of an emotional workout.

From New York Times Mar. 17, 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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