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discontent

[dis-kuhn-tent] / ˌdɪs kənˈtɛnt /


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Videos of rats scuttling through corridors in other lycées soon hit social media, providing striking symbols of the discontent.

From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026

Mamdani has so far brushed off the discontent from the left.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

And perhaps the end of Craig Bellamy's summer of discontent.

From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026

He also became a sounding board for Goldman partners and other executives who at times sought to express concern or discontent with the firm’s direction—including the now-aborted plans to become a consumer lender.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026

So despite the early rumblings of discontent on the premises of Paradise Pickles, Chacko, in rehearsal for the Revolution, continued to play Comrade!

From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy

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

We’ve heard that argument over and over again from politicians and other critics of summer vacation and all its parental and educational discontents.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 18, 2023

While these discontents were roiling, that's when he really met Meghan, and Meghan really reinforced his sense that he wasn't being, essentially, appreciated enough for his own gifts.

From Salon ● Jun. 2, 2022

“Parallel Mothers” would make a fine double feature with another recent film about motherhood and its discontents: “The Lost Daughter.”

From Washington Post ● Jan. 4, 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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