dissent

Will they welcome dissent within their own ranks?

From Salon ● Nov. 5, 2026

After the 2019 protests were curbed by the Covid-19 pandemic and the sweeping security law, Wong was a leading target in the crackdown on dissent.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 5, 2026

Wong, once a figurehead of youthful dissent in the Chinese city, has spent almost six years in jail and turned 30 behind bars last month.

From Barron's ● Nov. 4, 2026

President Abdul Fattah al-Sisi has overseen what human rights groups say is an unprecedented crackdown on dissent since he led the military's overthrow of his predecessor, Muslim Brotherhood leader Mohammed Morsi, in 2013.

From BBC ● Oct. 27, 2026

This caused perhaps the most publicized dissent against the Lazarus woodpecker, with op-ed pieces running weekly in the paper to disparage John Barling and his mob of birdwatcher friends.

From "Where Things Come Back" by John Corey Whaley

The decision to hold the benchmark rate steady between 3.5% and 3.75% drew three dissents from Fed presidents who thought a rate increase was warranted.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026

Hammack and Logan previously signaled their eagerness to lean against inflation with rate increases at the July meeting, so their dissents were broadly expected.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026

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

You can look from one to the other, and read the pictorial language of their dissents and arguments.

From From the Oak to the Olive A Plain record of a Pleasant Journey by Julia Ward Howe

But this could face objections from China, which dissented against wording on free navigation in Hormuz and worldwide at an earlier gathering of finance ministers.

From Barron's ● Oct. 30, 2026

The top court's three liberal justices - Justices Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan and Ketanji Brown Jackson - dissented.

From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026

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

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

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 31, 2026

Only the queen's men had dissented, and then not loudly.

From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin

While the majority and dissenting opinions disagreed about the risk of corruption, all nine justices agreed that striking down the limits would increase money in politics.

From Slate ● Nov. 3, 2026

Two dissenting members of the panel voted for an immediate interest rate increase.

From Barron's ● Oct. 29, 2026

The Federal Reserve kept rates in a range between 3.75% and 4% in a 10-2 vote, with two members dissenting in favor of an increase.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2026

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

From Salon ● Sep. 13, 2026

But it was also meant to be a godly community, a religious home for the Puritans, who did not tolerate dissenting views on spiritual matters.

From "An Indigenous People’s History of the United States" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz