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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

But the law has not stopped the spiralling prices and popular discontent.

From Barron's ● Oct. 8, 2026

A majority no-confidence vote would be a largely symbolic gesture, signalling the broader faculty's discontent and applying pressure on university leadership to act.

From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026

The crowd mumbled discontent, but they gave way under Tool’s gaze.

From "Ship Breaker" by Paolo Bacigalupi

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

Warehouse labor barks its discontents in “Foul” by the New Orleans post-punk band Special Interest.

From New York Times ● Oct. 7, 2022

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

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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