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discontent

[dis-kuhn-tent] / ˌdɪs kənˈtɛnt /


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But maybe, just maybe, Marvel fans are feeling a nagging sense of discontent, too.

From Salon Sep. 11, 2026

"I am taking note of the anger expressed by the employees of the Eiffel Tower, and I want to tell them that their discontent is legitimate," he wrote on X.

From BBC Sep. 7, 2026

Several protesters blamed Merz's government for failing to address discontent.

From Barron's Sep. 7, 2026

Sometimes the seeds of discontent get planted early, only to sprout with the turn of the seasons.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 7, 2026

His eyes rested in puffy little hammocks of flesh and his mouth drooped with discontent.

From "The Pearl" by John Steinbeck

Always at the heart of these discontents was the battery—or batteries, because there has been a succession of them, an alchemist’s closet of energy-storing potions in weirdly shaped bottles.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 28, 2026

There was a lot of roiling discontents in Harry.

From Salon Jun. 2, 2022

‘Happiness’ Black comedies don’t come much blacker than Todd Solondz’s unrated, controversial 1998 tale of suburbia and its discontents.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 10, 2022

“Parallel Mothers” would make a fine double feature with another recent film about motherhood and its discontents: “The Lost Daughter.”

From Washington Post Jan. 4, 2022

But men must work on, and Wang Lung worked as he had before, although the lengthening warm days and the sunshine and sudden rains filled everyone with longings and discontents.

From "The Good Earth" by Pearl S. Buck




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