dissent
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The dissent also claims the Court’s ruling leaves the plaintiff “without a remedy for the significant harms he has suffered.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 25, 2026
Instead, he has called on Kenyans to remain at home in a symbolic show of dissent.
From BBC • Jun. 25, 2026
Since then, Oregon professor Vu said "there have been fewer acts of public protest and dissent".
From Barron's • Jun. 24, 2026
“I have no doubt that parents have rights, even though unenumerated, concerning their children and the life choices they make,” Justice Elena Kagen wrote in her dissent.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 23, 2026
Goddard’s pontifications were constant, and although Rowan often disagreed, he didn’t argue or voice his dissent.
From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman
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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