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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
  • Start with the legal fees, awarding the lawyers $400 million in the settlement, weighed against the paltry sums granted to each of the specific student-athlete plaintiffs.
    Guy Lawson, Rolling Stone, 22 June 2025
  • The United States is moving B-2 bombers to the Pacific island of Guam, two U.S. officials told Reuters on Saturday, as President Donald Trump weighs whether the United States should take part in Israel's strikes against Iran.
    Reuters, USA Today, 21 June 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 charged with crowding and obstructing or incommoding, Malecki said.
    Sophie Lewis, CBS News, 10 Jan. 2020
Verb
  • Also on this episode: With Emmy nomination voting ending on Monday, the Roundtable takes one more look at the major categories, how the number of submissions has changed some of the competition and who didn’t bother to join in.
    Michael Schneider, Variety, 20 June 2025
  • Orban said in February that organisers should not even bother organizing Pride in Budapest this year.
    Reuters, CNN Money, 19 June 2025
Verb
  • That’s unlike the species’ trash bin-opening habit, which has inconvenienced homeowners across at least 44 different suburbs.
    Sara Hashemi, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 June 2025
  • The people who live or conduct business on Troost Avenue would be inconvenienced by a name change.
    Mike Hendricks, Kansas City Star, 6 May 2025
Verb
  • The lack of specificity in the board’s response to the community troubles former board member Judi Schaim.
    Maura Fox, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 June 2025
  • After a few years of decreasing infection, the pests rarely trouble citrus trees.
    Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens, 21 June 2025
Verb
  • The Heisenberg uncertainty principle teaches us that observation disturbs the observed.
    Vibhas Ratanjee, Forbes.com, 27 June 2025
  • Hammond, not wanting the dinosaurs disturbed, sends behavioral paleontologist Sarah Harding (Julianne Moore) to Isla Sorna, where the dinosaurs have been living without human interference.
    Will Harris, EW.com, 27 June 2025
Verb
  • The publisher has been putting out Trek comics for years but earlier this year wrapped up a few long-running storylines, including Kelly and Lanzing’s previous book.
    Borys Kit, HollywoodReporter, 17 June 2025
  • Firefighters put out an electrical fire at the Hartford Public Library on Tuesday morning after a transformer exploded and left the library and City Hall with no power.
    Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 17 June 2025

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“Discommode.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/discommode. Accessed 2 Jul. 2025.

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