disappointment
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The activist investor on Tuesday called on the company’s board of directors to immediately hire an investment bank to explore a sale, citing its disappointment with Six Flags’ second-quarter earnings, the people said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 22, 2026
A federal judge has ruled that disappointment over a faceless Reese’s Peanut Butter Pumpkin isn’t enough to sustain a lawsuit against Hershey.
From Salon ● Sep. 19, 2026
The number — which was also below the 2025-26 season average of 9.1 million viewers — has to be a disappointment to CBS News.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 15, 2026
Despite the bitter disappointment of losing Sunday's showpiece, Shelton will take pride from his run to a first major final, as well as further belief he can win a Grand Slam title.
From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2026
I swallow the disappointment and drop the phone back into my pocket.
From "The Sea in Winter" by Christine Day
This logjam of disappointments has raised a previously unthinkable possibility: a playoff participant with more regular-season losses than wins.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
"I look back at my career and think how remarkable it has been. The highs, the lows, the failures, the disappointments and the successes."
From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026
“I love my mountain of disappointments, I do, but I’m human and my mountain is starting to sting more than it used to,” Krumholtz said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2026
As the country celebrates 250 years since independence, many Americans and immigrants know the daily reality of chasing that dream -- through countless disappointments and endless striving.
From Barron's ● Jul. 1, 2026
These were two disappointments to which he had resigned himself: he would never be a skeet shooter, and he would never make money.
From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller
Vocabulary lists containing disappointment
Cormac McCarthy's "The Road"
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"Pass It On," "If There Be Pain," and "Sonnet 30"
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