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apprehension

noun as in catching and arresting

Weak match

  • collaring

noun as in understanding

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Tell someone about “The Cortège,” and it may inspire as much apprehension as it does curiosity.

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To the 73 million Americans whose financial lives depend on the viability of Social Security, those first months were a seesaw of apprehension and rumor.

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Saying he was shaken by his friend’s apprehension, Franco advised everyone to “be careful in general, whether you’re undocumented or not.”

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“In Los Angeles right now — today, as a matter of fact — we have agents out on the streets right now making apprehensions, as you and I are speaking,” he said.

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It also marked this Indian young team's transition from apprehension and misgivings one of rich promise fuelled by ambition and excellence.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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