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discouragements

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We shouldn't let our current discouragements lead us to think that progress doesn't exist or that it's not possible.

From Salon • Apr. 18, 2022

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

The one consolation, however, in these discouragements, is the fact that we never know when the Word which has been faithfully spoken will germinate.

From The Man with the Book or, The Bible Among the People. by Weylland, John Matthias