disquiet

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Cumming hinted at ongoing global disquiet without going too far or getting too pointed.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 22, 2026

But there is disquiet among critics of China who argue the country has a poor record on human rights and poses a threat to the UK's national security.

From BBC • Jan. 30, 2026

“I’m not sure it will completely satisfy the public disquiet but it’s at least something,” Andrew Lownie, the historian and author of “Entitled: The Rise and Fall of the House of York,” told the BBC.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 31, 2025

The last visit to Yasukuni by a serving prime minister in 2013, by the late Shinzo Abe -- Takaichi's mentor -- prompted fury from China and South Korea and disquiet from Washington.

From Barron's • Oct. 10, 2025

Yet bonds of friendship, colleagueship, and shared travail in the bomb project made it difficult for Lawrence to dismiss Oppenheimer’s disquiet entirely.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik