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But trimming the payroll didn’t reverse a revenue slump, which has disillusioned investors yearning for growth at a time when more advertising is flowing to the Internet.

From Time • Apr. 4, 2012

Still, Nixon's reluctance to disclose whatever the White House staff does know about Watergate or other campaign espionage has disillusioned some of the President's staunchest journalistic backers.

From Time Magazine Archive

Russian workmanship has disillusioned many Afghans, e.g., the surfacing on Kabul's streets proved so shoddy that the Afghans had to redo them all.

From Time Magazine Archive

On the one hand it has disillusioned me; on the other it has removed the scales from my eyes.

From The Mayor of Troy by Quiller-Couch, Arthur Thomas, Sir

To go on disturbing her as much as possible— To give her the impression that I once thought her perfection, but that she herself has disillusioned me, and that I am indifferent to her now.

From Man and Maid by Glyn, Elinor