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Always at the heart of these discontents was the battery—or batteries, because there has been a succession of them, an alchemist’s closet of energy-storing potions in weirdly shaped bottles.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 28, 2026

We’ve heard that argument over and over again from politicians and other critics of summer vacation and all its parental and educational discontents.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 18, 2023

There was a lot of roiling discontents in Harry.

From Salon • Jun. 2, 2022

A sly, mordantly funny, at times brutal satire about altruism and its discontents, the movie offers something of an emotional workout.

From New York Times • Mar. 17, 2022

But men must work on, and Wang Lung worked as he had before, although the lengthening warm days and the sunshine and sudden rains filled everyone with longings and discontents.

From "The Good Earth" by Pearl S. Buck