dissent
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In dissent, Judge Allison Eid wrote that Project Soy didn’t lack economic substance, partly because the government was just objecting to the timing of the transaction.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 22, 2026
Coupled with shortages of food and medicine, the situation has triggered rare public dissent in the form of street protests.
From BBC • Mar. 28, 2026
Justice Sonia Sotomayor made that clear in her stinging and persuasive dissent from the court’s denial of certiorari.
From Slate • Mar. 27, 2026
Her dissent exemplifies her belief that law should be a refuge for those who, like Reed, seek to escape the abuses of power and indifference that often play out in capital cases.
From Slate • Mar. 27, 2026
There was a murmur of dissent from the sphinxes behind her, and she flicked her tail in a quick whip of frustration, and they quietened.
From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell
Vocabulary lists containing dissent
The Hunger Games
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Essential Academic Vocabulary for Middle School Students, List 8
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Common Senses: Sent, Sens ("Feel")
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