angst
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Each time I chipped away at my football-induced telecom debt, I felt a numbing angst that it was as if the World Cup had never happened.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026
William Ward runs an adult reading group through Dungannon Library and said there was a "certain degree of angst that the library was going to be closed for regular activities".
From BBC • May 28, 2026
A few weeks after Gatto took over vocals, they knocked out four songs, highlighted by the aggressive doom of “Time to Burn” and the blasting guitars that echo Gatto’s melodic angst on “Hot Pursuit.”
From Los Angeles Times • May 21, 2026
The start of the war with Iran in late February has stoked global crude prices and triggered a fresh round of inflation angst.
From Barron's • May 20, 2026
This never happened to me in Florida, this oh-so-high-school angst about who likes whom more, and I hated myself for letting it happen now.
From "Looking for Alaska" by John Green
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