apprehension
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"I've never seen in the decades I've been involved more fear and apprehension among voters," Sharpton said, describing worries he encountered during a recent visit to Ohio.
From Barron's ● Oct. 9, 2026
A DHS spokesperson said agencies become eligible for reimbursement only after an ICE-directed enforcement action, such as an apprehension or serving a warrant, and they must show “continued performance” to receive quarterly funding.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
When Netflix announced the first-ever Chef’s Table Food Festival, bringing 70 internationally acclaimed chefs to Park City for four days of dinners, demonstrations and excursions, I felt something between excitement and apprehension.
From Salon ● Aug. 6, 2026
“While we understand restaurant-investor apprehension around any food-safety concern, government reports are not citing Taco Bell as the source of the outbreak,” they wrote.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 9, 2026
With the quilt pulled up around her she found herself looking with quick apprehension at the window, shining palely in the darkness, and then at the door.
From "The Haunting of Hill House" by Shirley Jackson
That area accounted for just 1.3% of the 237,538 apprehensions recorded across the entire border last fiscal year.
From Salon ● Aug. 24, 2026
The spider’s ability to transmute our human apprehensions still holds true.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 15, 2026
"A lot of the previous limit on contact seems to be due to Pyongyang's apprehensions about broader contact, which have diminished," Chong told AFP.
From Barron's ● Mar. 12, 2026
Border Patrol has still been recording several thousand illegal crossings each month under Trump, with the latest figures showing 6,070 apprehensions at the southwest border in January 2026.
From BBC ● Feb. 25, 2026
Randolph in his own roundabout way had come over to support ratification, so he needed to counter Masons apprehensions about slavery.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
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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