disapproval
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The billionaire investor, who worked with the treasury secretary at Soros Fund Management, voiced his disapproval of Bessent’s tactics in a strongly-worded oped published in the Wall Street Journal Monday.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 25, 2026
I think people enjoy registering disapproval of his leadership, whether they voted for him or not.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026
Some high-profile former Australia players are understood to have voiced their disapproval to Cricket Australia but Greenberg said it was not his job "to be popular".
From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2026
Social media has been flooded with posts from users in Colombia, Chile, Uruguay, Ecuador and Peru questioning refereeing decisions or expressing disapproval of Argentina, while messages mocking rival teams also proliferated from Argentine accounts.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 15, 2026
Petunia advanced, evidently torn between curiosity and disapproval.
From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling
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Power Prefix: dis-
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