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Decades of this have disillusioned the working and middle classes into expecting nothing can or will change, that it’s every man, woman and child for themselves.

From Salon Feb. 23, 2026

These impediments may well have disillusioned some of the voters who backed Move Forward three years ago.

From BBC Feb. 9, 2026

Sidestepping the fight in the Senate, he said, would have disillusioned even more Democratic voters — “particularly our core constituencies,” he said.

From Washington Post Jan. 20, 2022

These revelations have disillusioned many Baltimoreans who had previously opposed any interference with the sin strip.

From Time Magazine Archive

By mistake Hotenfa had discharged a load of buckshot and it was my bullet which had killed the goral but his joy was so great that I would not for anything have disillusioned him.

From Camps and Trails in China A Narrative of Exploration, Adventure, and Sport in Little-Known China by Andrews, Roy Chapman