as in disappointments
something that disappoints
meeting one's literary hero is usually a bad idea—almost inevitably it's a bringdown
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disappointments
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Have there been any disappointments?—
Caroline Mimbs Nyce,
New Yorker,
17 Apr. 2026 -
Mirroring the changing trends of the time, the Puente albums were commercial disappointments.—
Ernesto Lechner,
Rolling Stone,
15 Apr. 2026
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