discouragement
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That mix of discouragement and discontent surfaced repeatedly, like a dull ache, in conversations with dozens of voters across the San Gabriel Valley.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 17, 2026
While ChatGPT occasionally offered discouragement, only the chatbots from Snap and Anthropic reliably refused these requests, according to the researchers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 3, 2026
Takes landing on the “not-so-good” side of the plate are accompanied by his passionate discouragement from leaving bad reviews based on his evaluations.
From Salon ● Nov. 1, 2023
A digital discouragement campaign targeting men aged 18 to 35 in the UK is being pushed out by the Dutch city's council.
From BBC ● Mar. 28, 2023
One has to confess, at that moment, to being overcome by a certain sense of discouragement.
From "The Remains of the Day" by Kazuo Ishiguro
If the United Nations were useful for nothing else, it would be imperative to keep it alive … We can have no illusions about the discouragements which lie ahead.
From Salon ● Mar. 5, 2023
May, who has written before on how to deal with anxiety and about her own experience as someone with Asperger’s syndrome, is an astute observer of life’s emotional discouragements.
From New York Times ● Dec. 22, 2020
A player who understands the disappointments and discouragements that not just Capitals fans, but a generation of Washington fans carry deep in their hearts.
From Washington Times ● May 6, 2018
This comes on top of other discouragements to growth.
From Economist ● Mar. 1, 2018
But Ward was one of those rare men to whom discouragements and disasters are but incidents, annoying but not disheartening, in the day's work.
From Gentlemen Rovers by E. Alexander (Edward Alexander) Powell
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