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But when the candidate was pitted against Donald J. Trump—whose only discernible remaining power lies in his ability to threaten and discomfit women—the critique that Harris somehow owed the public and the former president a kind of button-down blank receptivity and amiability is simply ridiculous.

Headlines on Thursday morning in Hungarian news media outlets loyal to Mr. Orban’s government hinted that his main objective all along has been to position himself as a guiding beacon for Europeans dissatisfied with the status quo and looking for a leader ready to discomfit mainstream opinion.

Before June of this year, he had not come out to his parents as gay, and worried the accusations might discomfit his family.

He had not yet come out to his parents as gay, and worried such accusations might discomfit his family.

Some analysts say Ukraine's military is talking up the idea of a counter-offensive to discomfit their Russian counterparts.