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Recent Examples of discommode Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and former Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen were similarly discommoded at mealtime in public settings. Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 13 Sep. 2019
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Verb
  • Just a few months ago, McKenna was weighing the two schools against each other, the Spartans finishing as runners-up in his historic recruiting war.
    Scott Wheeler, New York Times, 9 Nov. 2025
  • Lawmakers are still weighing the costs to the state of doing so and have yet to decide on an approach, House Speaker Mike Moyle, R-Star, told the Idaho Statesman.
    Sarah Cutler, Idaho Statesman, 9 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • At least 16 people were arrested for allegedly crowding, obstructing and incommoding another person and one was arrested for alleged defacement during a planned act of civil disobedience.
    Tal Axelrod, ABC News, 8 Mar. 2023
  • All were booked on charges of crowding, obstructing, or incommoding at the offices.
    Zachary Halaschak, Washington Examiner, 16 Jan. 2020
Verb
  • The clanging of dirty dishes being gathered in the back kitchen does not bother her.
    David Canfield, HollywoodReporter, 6 Nov. 2025
  • Instagram and TikTok are littered with stories of women and their unsupportive husbands, men who can't remember their own children's birthdays or be bothered to take a weekend off from their golf hobby to spend time with their families.
    Kelly Lawler, USA Today, 6 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • The order inconvenienced millions of travelers as flights were cut or rescheduled weeks before the Thanksgiving holiday.
    Trevor Hughes, USA Today, 11 Nov. 2025
  • The system outage came a day after Amazon Web Services experienced issues of its own and inconvenienced millions of people around the world.
    Jordan Valinsky, CNN Money, 21 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • But people all over the country are increasingly troubled by our government’s lack of fairness and due process and want to do something about it.
    Air Mail, Air Mail, 25 Oct. 2025
  • That last hurdle, safely landing a SpaceX Starship HLS (Human Landing System) spacecraft, carrying two astronauts, upright on the moon, particularly troubles Green.
    Dan Vergano, Scientific American, 23 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Rose tells Shaw that her community is concerned about sacred remains being disturbed.
    Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 10 Nov. 2025
  • The 34-year-old appeared to have deactivated her X account after disturbing posts on her account resurfaced online.
    Ryan Morik, FOXNews.com, 8 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • In 2016, the brand was acquired by Sazerac, the parent company of Kentucky distillery Buffalo Trace, and has put out some fantastic spirits since then like last year’s 27-year-old bourbon.
    Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 5 Nov. 2025
  • The city also put out a call for volunteers to staff the network of emergency food pantries.
    Nushrat Rahman, Freep.com, 5 Nov. 2025

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“Discommode.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/discommode. Accessed 15 Nov. 2025.

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