anxious
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So the fewer things they have to be anxious about, the better.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 21, 2026
Neuroscientist and author Dean Burnett said more people were "more anxious about doing something which could be seen as embarrassing online".
From BBC ● Jul. 18, 2026
Efforts to prove their masculinity are so over-the-top that they inevitably read more as anxious than tough, revealing the deep well of insecurity fueling the movement.
From Salon ● Jul. 17, 2026
It is one of the first big corporations to confront the costs and disruptions of the fast-evolving technology—and have to explain itself to anxious investors.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 16, 2026
JB still stood there waiting, but he was squinting now, getting anxious.
From "Found" by Margaret Peterson Haddix
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