dissenting

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When Mikhail Gorbachev eased political oppression a few years later, the ideas held by those dissenting groups were adopted by millions, making the collapse of the Soviet Union inevitable.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jul. 3, 2026

Justice Brett Kavanaugh filed an opinion concurring in the judgment and dissenting in part.

From Barron's • Jun. 30, 2026

That included two sitting Fed governors, Chris Waller and Michelle Bowman, who cast dissenting votes in favor of lower rates that July.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 7, 2026

This time, Eagle was the lone dissenting vote.

From Salon • Jun. 6, 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