apprehension
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“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
Regarding Love's offending, Madam Justice McBride said by her guilty pleas she accepted she intentionally destroyed evidence and that she intentionally impeded her son's apprehension.
From BBC ● May 22, 2026
The apprehension that marked her 20s disappeared, replaced by a silent confidence molded from experience.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 17, 2026
I remember having a little bit of apprehension because I’ve had a twisty-turny life.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 9, 2026
Inej handed the book back to Matthias, and as it made the rounds, Inej felt the group’s apprehension rise.
From "Six of Crows" by Leigh Bardugo
And while those apprehensions are examined in the film, they’re never once investigated from Nikki’s point of view.
From Salon ● Jun. 4, 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
Following these apprehensions, the Indian government said it was holding talks with Beijing.
From BBC ● Jul. 9, 2025
The sharp edge of his apprehensions blunted by this sudden wealth of worldly possessions.
From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy
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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