chagrin
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Monday’s court ruling, to the chagrin of Mr. Musk, settled one question.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 19, 2026
Shrinking revenue adds to the chagrin of Treasury investors.
From Barron's • May 12, 2026
To my chagrin but not my surprise, no one else in the theater came with their tail tucked between their legs, covered by a trench coat.
From Salon • Apr. 25, 2026
Not even Dickensian “A Christmas Carol” visitations by the specters of his father and an Indonesian business partner negotiating a project involving a sandstone reservoir with “significant extraction costs” diminish his concomitant guilt and chagrin.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 26, 2026
Once settled, he realized they were the Keepers, and to his chagrin that meant Gaily was among them.
From "The Maze Runner" by James Dashner
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