disgruntle
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“They didn’t want to disgruntle anyone. And if you go with Kanye, you have to know there is risk involved.”
From New York Times ● Jul. 25, 2022
When you disgruntle nearly a billion people, it becomes fairly big news, right away: The biggest tech news sites were on the story in nanoseconds.
From Salon ● Sep. 21, 2011
Could he disgruntle Mr. Grundy—the Mr. Grundy who raised for the Republicans $700,000 in 1924, $615,000 in 1926, and $547,000 in 1928?
From Time Magazine Archive
When two skaters fell through the ice on a Peiping lake, the Chronicle crisply reported: "They eyed ice angrily for some time before leaving in disgruntle."
From Time Magazine Archive
Stay where you are," he said, "for I'm not minded you shall do that which may disgruntle the commandant.
From The Minute Boys of the Mohawk Valley by James Otis
"They come from a disgruntled employee attempting to leverage a settlement in a meritless workplace dispute."
From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026
After weeks of acrimony at Celtic, the full-time scenes at Fir Park on Sunday provided welcome cheer for a disgruntled fanbase.
From BBC ● Oct. 11, 2026
Now they have some, even if it’s only enough to pursue trades for the disgruntled, the redundant, the overpaid.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 14, 2026
Some disgruntled locals called for Solomon’s recall on Facebook.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 6, 2026
Ekon tried not to yell as she jostled through disgruntled people.
From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray
The trade-off between disgruntling some existing customers and luring new ones will probably work out for Southwest, according to Raymond James analyst Savanthi Syth.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 29, 2026
Industry representatives say they walk a fine line trying to adapt without disgruntling their core customers, but some think a real solution would need to be more radical.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 30, 2022
This isn't the first time Markle has been accused of disgruntling royal staff.
From Fox News ● Mar. 28, 2019
The ambuscade capped a notably disgruntling week for Labor.
From Time Magazine Archive
At about the same period he accepted office as Justice of the Peace—thereby still further disgruntling his aristocratic Denbigh cousins.
From English Lands Letters and Kings Queen Anne and the Georges by Donald G. Mitchell
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