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

"But these are lively democracies in which of course there will be some dissent."

From BBC ● Oct. 24, 2026

Goddard’s pontifications were constant, and although Rowan often disagreed, he didn’t argue or voice his dissent.

From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman

During that time, there were lots of debates but few dissents.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 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

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 of the 12 senior Fed officials who vote on interest rates favored an increase, marking the most dissents since 2016.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 30, 2026

The learned Blumentritt, however, dissents from this opinion, which he considers to be a modern invention, and gives Salcedo credit for doing his work very thoroughly, and not letting many of the pirates escape.

From The Inhabitants of the Philippines by Frederic H. Sawyer

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

In July, when the Fed held rates steady, she was one of three policymakers who dissented in favor of a rate increase.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 11, 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

“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

Taking dissenting views seriously doesn’t diminish your argument.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 5, 2026

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

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

From Salon ● Sep. 13, 2026

"The battle for succession has largely remained an in-house rather than a national matter following the weakening of political institutions and the crushing of dissenting voices," said Waluya.

From Barron's ● Aug. 27, 2026

We were used to her outbursts during Story; in fact, she became part of Story, the dissenting voice to the way things are, the rebel waiting for the fight to be brought.

From "The Marrow Thieves" by Cherie Dimaline