aggrievement

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Recent Examples of aggrievement Fox News is a world view, a lifestyle, a way of seeing the world, a 24/7 warm bath of false nostalgia and aggrievement primarily for older adults – some of whom are likely feeling left behind or threatened by the changes in American life. David Zurawik, CNN, 2 Mar. 2023 If aggrievement offers a general motive for mass murder, a shooter’s choice of location may offer more specific clues as to the circumstances that set him off, experts say. Melissa Healystaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 25 Jan. 2023 The Russian nationalist leader was a senior lawmaker whose sulphurous rhetoric and antics alarmed the West but appealed to Russians’ aggrievement and wounded pride. Bernard McGhee, al, 31 Dec. 2022 Predictably, the few recent mandates have elicited a good deal of aggrievement and derision from the anti-masking set. Jacob Stern, The Atlantic, 23 Dec. 2022 See All Example Sentences for aggrievement
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Noun
  • With two satellites at supplementary inclinations, the Newtonian perturbations are equal and opposite in the two orbital planes and cancel each other out.
    Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 10 July 2026
  • First is that quantum transitions must be weak to bring about perturbations in experiments.
    Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 10 July 2026
Noun
  • Still, Buffett had decided to pull his funding ahead of this decision, which could signal his uneasiness about the Gates Foundation’s relationship with Epstein.
    Sydney Lake, Fortune, 22 July 2026
  • Still, Allen wouldn't totally commit, citing an uneasiness with having to be overly critical if it's not warranted.
    Alex Sherman, CNBC, 9 July 2026
Noun
  • Among other amateur butterfly afficionados and biologists who were likewise paying attention, a whisper of disquiet was spreading.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 15 July 2026
  • On May 1, 1775, the day the Quebec Act took effect, the life-size marble statue of George III in Montréal – erected in gratitude for his assistance following a fire – was vandalized, indicating disquiet there about this new order.
    Sarah M.S. Pearsall, The Conversation, 2 July 2026
Noun
  • That path can lead to feelings of disappointment, bitterness and resentment.
    Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026
  • Getting the plan on the table early keeps a routine bill from turning into a lasting resentment.
    Ashley Lynch, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 21 July 2026
Noun
  • This has been one of Norway’s great months and reaching the end of the line was as much cause for pride as dejection across the capital.
    Philip Buckingham, New York Times, 12 July 2026
  • Four years later, there’s not a hint of complacency or dejection in France.
    Rohan Nadkarni, NBC news, 4 July 2026

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“Aggrievement.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/aggrievement. Accessed 4 Aug. 2026.

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