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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

Though the exhibition intended to grapple with Galliano’s fall from grace and create a necessary dialogue about the limitations of artistic reverence, the dissent was too strong.

From Salon ● Sep. 5, 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

A dissent by Justice Sonia Sotomayor, joined by Justice Elena Kagan, is four pages and says the decision “merely postpones” the case.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026

From upstairs, the thud of feet on floorboards and children’s voices, two or three at least, talking at once, rising, falling, and rising again, perhaps in dissent, perhaps excited agreement.

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan

There were three dissents at the Fed’s July meeting in favor of a rate hike.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 27, 2026

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

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

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

I can scarcely name an individual here that dissents from them.

From History of American Socialisms by John Humphrey Noyes

Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito dissented from the high court’s decision.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 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 of them dissented last month in favor of raising rates.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 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

According to Andrews and a dissenting California Supreme Court judge, the ruling didn’t prevent commercialization; it just took patients out of the equation and emboldened scientists to commodify tissues in increasing numbers.

From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot