apprehension
Example Sentences
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Apprehension about the merger also extends beyond its implications for CNN and the media business.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 27, 2026
"We're in uncharted territory here," Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension Superintendent Drew Evans said.
From Barron's • Jan. 26, 2026
“We’re in uncharted territory here,” said Drew Evans, the superintendent of the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension, which sued the Trump administration late Saturday to keep them destroying or concealing evidence in the Pretti killing.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 26, 2026
Investigators from the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension are reporting that the FBI will not work jointly with them to investigate the fatal shooting of a woman in Minneapolis by an ICE agent.
From Salon • Jan. 8, 2026
Apprehension filled him along with a strange kind of pity.
From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray
Vocabulary lists containing apprehension
Lord of the Flies
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"Of Mice and Men"
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"To Kill a Mockingbird" by Harper Lee, Chapters 20–25
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