displease
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That would certainly displease, even enrage, Mr. Trump.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 14, 2026
They do not want to be overly dependent on Chinese supplies, but they cannot afford to displease the Chinese government.
From New York Times ● May 31, 2023
Mr Mitsotakis said the decision had "tortured" him but he felt a "heavy responsibility in standing next to those most vulnerable, even if it might fleetingly displease them".
From BBC ● Nov. 30, 2021
Independent filmmakers, she said, are “not going to compromise and will show the truth” – and hence displease the Taliban.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 30, 2021
It’s clear when I walk into the kitchen that I’ve done something to displease her.
From "Orphan Train" by Christina Baker Kline
"We showed it with Gabriella, we showed it again with Laurence. But it displeases some people, obviously. It's competition, it's natural. But it's true that it was more complicated than we thought."
From Barron's ● Feb. 12, 2026
The rest of NIH’s 27 institutes and centers would stay at current budget levels, a status quo that displeases advocates for biomedical research.
From Science Magazine ● Mar. 9, 2023
He is the domineering interloper intent on telling the industry all the ways in which it displeases him.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 11, 2022
She is a good talker and generous with her laughter – until a question displeases her.
From The Guardian ● May 12, 2020
“Your tone displeases me! The girl and her friends were foolhardy in the extreme. Thieving from the headmaster!”
From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling
Harpootlian heard rumblings that some of the jurors were displeased with Hill’s conduct and began to scour the back roads of Colleton County to track them down.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 24, 2026
So I’d like each of them to name an issue where, for the good of the state, they’re willing to take on their friends and allies, knowing they’ll be displeased.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 28, 2026
Investors have been especially displeased with the botched rollout of Apple Intelligence, which was first announced in 2024 but has been continuously delayed.
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 20, 2026
Long-term Xbox fans were also displeased when it announced it would begin to publish formerly exclusive titles on other consoles.
From BBC ● Mar. 6, 2026
The doctor was displeased, and Eleanor looked away, looked at Theodora, and Theodora said, “I suppose you had to do it, Nell?”
From "The Haunting of Hill House" by Shirley Jackson
Boasberg would later rule that prosecutors had “offered no evidence whatsoever that Powell committed any crime other than displeasing the president.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 12, 2026
District Court for the District of Columbia agreed; he quashed the subpoenas and said the government had offered no evidence that Powell committed any crime “other than displeasing the president.”
From Barron's ● Mar. 18, 2026
"My wife sends her regards, thank you for the pudding rice. She sends your fiancé this sweater and hopes that it is not displeasing to her," it reads.
From BBC ● Mar. 1, 2024
Having a well-stocked refrigerator filled with rotting foods is incredibly wasteful and displeasing, to say the least.
From Salon ● Feb. 23, 2024
“Yes, I denied knowing him. I was afraid”— again I choose my words carefully—“of displeasing El Jefe.”
From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez
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