fret
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Hollywood has leaned into established IP this season, but if you’re seeking an original story, don’t fret, several of those are coming too.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 1, 2026
And after the past month's wild volatility, some analysts are more upbeat about the outlook, even as some continue to fret.
From Barron's ● Aug. 4, 2026
But fret not, because lettuce can still be enjoyed to its fullest when cooked.
From Salon ● Jul. 25, 2026
Investors who have become all too familiar with the Strait of Hormuz the past five months now have a new waterway to learn and fret about: the Bab al-Mandeb.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026
I kept myself to myself most of yesterday and Jen and Ellen purty much give up trying to get me to be friendly, so I fret and chop and clean without no one bothering me.
From "Girls Like Us" by Gail Giles
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OpenAI chief scientist Jakub Pachocki on Sunday fretted about an unstoppable corporate march toward dangerous superintelligence.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026
"Damon's Odysseus is stubborn, overconfident and sacrilegious, but doesn't bear that much resemblance to the conniving, hypocritical egotist of lore who fretted over his wife's fidelity," she noted.
From BBC ● Jul. 15, 2026
The delicate tapestry will be transported from its usual home in northern France, but the precise arrangements are being kept secret as heritage experts and artists have fretted that it could be damaged in transit.
From Barron's ● Jul. 1, 2026
Investors have fretted about how long so-called hyperscalers such as Meta and Microsoft can maintain their aggressive data-center spending.
From Barron's ● Jun. 25, 2026
Al Ulbrickson remained characteristically silent on the topic, but the older boys fretted that that in itself seemed an ominous sign.
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
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The lab wanted to make that clear to a public that, though plenty worried about the potential of artificial intelligence, wasn’t fretting enough about what these complex models were capable of now.
From Slate ● Sep. 15, 2026
On Tuesday, two-time major winner Rahm was tight-lipped about his future and said he was not fretting about the "turbulence" away from the course.
From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2026
At 88, Scott remains the cinema’s uneasy philosopher, continually fretting about the technological and societal tools we’ve developed to destroy ourselves.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026
The boom results were posted despite South Korean stocks suffering a sharp sell-off on Wednesday as nervous traders unwound AI-driven bets, fretting whether lofty profit forecasts are realistic.
From Barron's ● Jul. 30, 2026
Facing him defiantly, Rachael said, “Tell me what we’re going to do instead of fussing and fretting around about those last three Nexus-6 andys.”
From "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick
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