dissent
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But she also said that she wrote her dissent “not as a Latina who’s insulted,” but to convince Kavanaugh he was breaking with precedent.
From Slate • Apr. 10, 2026
Justice Sotomayor wrote a dissent joined by the other two liberals.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026
Coupled with shortages of food and medicine, the situation has triggered rare public dissent in the form of street protests.
From BBC • Mar. 28, 2026
In a 1994 dissent from a denial of certiorari in a death case, Blackmun anticipated Sotomayor’s Reed dissent 32 years later.
From Slate • Mar. 27, 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
Vocabulary lists containing dissent
The Hunger Games
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Essential Academic Vocabulary for Middle School Students, List 8
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Common Senses: Sent, Sens ("Feel")
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