dissent
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Justice Jackson provides a brief history of the compassionate release statute in her Fernandez dissent.
From Slate • May 29, 2026
What I find most disturbing in this instance is Kavanaugh’s dissent.
From Los Angeles Times • May 29, 2026
These forces effectively run much of the economy and maintain internal order, repressing internal dissent and opposition.
From BBC • May 22, 2026
It restores Douglass to a living continuum of dissent rather than isolating him as an exceptional voice, and it underscores how fully the Fourth of July once accommodated, even invited, fierce moral criticism from within.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026
But the sounds of dissent were quickly drowned out.
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
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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