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Recent Examples of aggrievement
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.
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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
The aggrieved white parent is perhaps the most potent reactionary figure in this country and the American classroom is a common scene of their aggrievement, waging battles against school desegregation and leading efforts fighting the teaching of evolution.
—Esther Wang, The New Republic, 14 July 2021
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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
The aggrieved white parent is perhaps the most potent reactionary figure in this country and the American classroom is a common scene of their aggrievement, waging battles against school desegregation and leading efforts fighting the teaching of evolution.
—Esther Wang, The New Republic, 14 July 2021
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for aggrievement
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Quantum machines of today are prone to errors, have a restricted size range, and are sensitive to perturbations in their surrounding environment.—
Chuck Brooks,
Forbes.com,
29 Aug. 2025
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To identify the quantum states of a particle, scientists need to isolate it from perturbations arising from its surroundings.—
Ameya Paleja,
Interesting Engineering,
8 Aug. 2025
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For Russell Westbrook, perhaps the most marquee free agent still available, uneasiness would be understandable.—
Bobby Krivitsky,
Forbes.com,
29 Aug. 2025
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The Panthers’ underwhelming start to the preseason has created some uneasiness within the Carolina faithful.—
Charlotte Observer,
Charlotte Observer,
13 Aug. 2025
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Of the clubs still waiting to do some proper business, Silva’s disquiet at Fulham is among the most legitimate — and is the one that could have the biggest consequences, given his contract expires next summer, like Glasner’s at Palace.—
Tim Spiers,
New York Times,
17 Aug. 2025
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The disquiet surfaces whenever software steps onto holy ground.—
Kaif Shaikh,
Interesting Engineering,
15 Aug. 2025
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Failure to do so may cause resentment, misunderstandings, and passive aggressively loud blender usage.—
Sarah Schmelling,
New Yorker,
29 Aug. 2025
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But old resentments surface before long, escalating into a fist fight.—
David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
28 Aug. 2025
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Despite his dejection, Adam Fox had reason for hope.—
Peter Baugh,
New York Times,
19 June 2025
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Ferran is just as compelling when such vibrancy and vitality gives way to dejection and disharmony as her aspiring writing career grinds to a halt and her health starts to deteriorate.—
Jon O'Brien,
IndieWire,
2 May 2025
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