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Recent Examples of Synonyms for malcontents
Noun
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Just a lot of crabs in the barrel.—
Preezy Brown,
VIBE.com,
6 Nov. 2025 -
And here, at last, near some crabs locked in a coital embrace, was a fledgling oyster.—
Ben McGrath,
New Yorker,
3 Nov. 2025
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With the treaty up for renewal, a group of Black World radicals seeks to stop the agreement so that demons can wipe out humans and overtake our existence.—
Declan Gallagher,
Entertainment Weekly,
30 Oct. 2025
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Young radicals weren’t the only ones who sought Moore out.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 Oct. 2025
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On the other hand, skeptics and cynics tend to be insistent right now that the clean-up activity is not going to last very long.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
18 Sep. 2025
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Travis Kelce knows what the cynics might think of his relationship with Taylor Swift — two of the most famous people in America just happen to match up perfectly?—
Jason P. Frank,
Vulture,
12 Aug. 2025
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But there’s nothing good about voting in two extremists into office, under any party affiliation.—
Nicole Russell,
USA Today,
6 Nov. 2025
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The message referenced the murder of Dutch filmmaker Theo van Gogh, who was killed by Islamic extremists in 2004 after releasing a short film critical of Islam.—
Peter Kiefer,
HollywoodReporter,
5 Nov. 2025
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Despite positives, Apple naysayers continue to doubt the stock due to management’s underwhelming artificial intelligence rollout.—
Morgan Chittum,
CNBC,
29 Oct. 2025
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But if the productions would’ve filmed in the state even without qualifying for incentives — as some naysayers to the tax credit program’s cap increase have said — the numbers likely will hover around their current levels.—
Winston Cho,
HollywoodReporter,
23 Oct. 2025
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The press has cast stones at One Battle After Another for its $140 million production cost, saying a car chase movie about anarchists should never have cost that much.—
Anthony D'Alessandro,
Deadline,
28 Oct. 2025
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Notable inmates once held at the jail include Boston Mayor James Michael Curley, anarchists Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti, civil rights leader Malcolm X and mobster Whitey Bulger, according to records.—
Deirdre Bardolf,
FOXNews.com,
25 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Fans, of course, have repeatedly called for coach Mike McDaniel’s job in the past month yet a valiant victory over the Buffalo Bills appears to have staved off some detractors.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
10 Nov. 2025
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Hudson appears to have the upper hand now against the detractors as North Carolina’s season has not spiraled out of control.—
Ryan Gaydos,
FOXNews.com,
9 Nov. 2025
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Worries are particularly high about companies in the artificial-intelligence industry, where pessimists see echoes of the 2000 dot-com bubble that imploded.—
Jason Ma,
Fortune,
13 Oct. 2025
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For the pessimists, Coreweave is Lucent or Nortel.—
Jim Cramer,
CNBC,
28 Sep. 2025
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“Malcontents.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/malcontents. Accessed 18 Nov. 2025.
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