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But a sweeping national security law imposed by Beijing on Hong Kong in 2020 after huge pro-democracy protests has stymied dissent in the financial hub.

From Barron's ● Sep. 13, 2026

She wants better understanding of its ethic of debate, “the assumption that there will always be dissent, that ‘argument for the sake of heaven’ is a source of profound integrity.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 31, 2026

In the dissent, Roberts said the injuries claimed by Hoagland were sufficient to allow the lawsuit to go ahead.

From BBC ● Aug. 31, 2026

But there is one holdout against Trump’s efforts to rechristen boundary waters, a voice of dissent straight out of 2005: Mapquest.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 30, 2026

Any form of scientific dissent to his theories—especially any belief in Mendelian genetics or Darwinian evolution—was outlawed in the Soviet Union.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee

It was the most dissents in a decade at a normally unified Fed.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 31, 2026

That number of dissents is unusual and illustrative of the challenge the Fed faces in bringing inflation back down to its two-percent target -- a level it hasn't hit in more than five years.

From Barron's ● Jul. 31, 2026

Three dissents in the same direction is rare; a fourth or fifth dissent on the 12-person committee would be without precedent in the modern era.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026

Still, three dissents in favor of higher rates on the 12-person policy committee-and a sharp rise in long-term bond yields Wednesday—suggested the pressure is mounting for the Fed to act.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026

But if one person dissents from this motion, ballots must be passed and the vote taken with them.

From The Complete Club Book for Women Including Subjects, Material and References for Study Programs; together with a Constitution and By-Laws; Rules of Order; Instructions how to make a Year Book; Suggestions for Practical Community Work; a Resume of what Some Clubs are Doing, etc., etc. by Caroline French Benton

At the July meeting, nine top Fed officials were in the hold camp and three dissented in favor of a rate hike.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 3, 2026

At the committee's last meeting in July, three regional Fed presidents dissented from the decision to hold rates steady, calling for an immediate 0.25 percentage-point hike to tackle inflation.

From Barron's ● Sep. 3, 2026

But Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. dissented, along with the court’s three liberals.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 31, 2026

Three officials dissented from last month’s decision and at least two others without a vote said they also thought rates should rise.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 30, 2026

“Outstanding people left because the atmosphere at the Radiation Laboratory. . . did not make people who dissented feel they were welcome,” observed David Saxon, the future university president.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik

Former Rep. Barbara Lee, D-Calif., who now serves as the mayor of Oakland, cast the only dissenting vote.

From Salon ● Sep. 13, 2026

And as Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson warned in her solo dissenting opinion from the per curiam order, the real issue is not that the court punted a decision on the merits here.

From Slate ● Aug. 26, 2026

The motion was approved on a 10-3 vote at Tuesday’s council meeting, with Imelda Padilla, Traci Park and Monica Rodriguez dissenting.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2026

The Fed held rates at 3.50-3.75 percent for its fifth straight meeting on Wednesday, with three of the committee's 12 members dissenting in favor of a quarter-percentage-point rate hike.

From Barron's ● Jul. 31, 2026

The White House meeting that formally inaugurated the thermonuclear age took all of seven minutes, and it only lasted that long because Lilienthal asked for the time to express his dissenting view.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik