discontent
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The discontent that had simmered behind the scenes - and in the stands - became harder to ignore.
From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026
For Niger's government, Saturday's mutiny highlights that the military is dealing not only with an external insurgency, but also signs of discontent within its own ranks.
From BBC ● Aug. 30, 2026
As parliament approved his successor, a few dozen people gathered in a last-ditch effort to voice discontent with Fedorov's dismissal.
From Barron's ● Aug. 19, 2026
Youth movements arise regularly in politics, especially in times of partisan discontent.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2026
The discontent in my voice was poorly disguised.
From "Twilight" by Stephenie Meyer
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
I mean the movies that reveal something to us about the highs and lows, the glories and discontents, and above all something ineffable about love itself, transcending just romance.
From New York Times ● Feb. 16, 2024
There was a lot of roiling discontents in Harry.
From Salon ● Jun. 2, 2022
Like “Last Winter, We Parted,” “My Annihilation” is an examination of selfhood — or of selfhood’s discontents.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 14, 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
Vocabulary lists containing discontent
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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