awkwardness

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Awkwardness cloaked venues such as the Big Ten and the ACC.

From Washington Post • Mar. 12, 2020

Awkwardness, and the likelihood of whatever one says being the wrong thing, is its anxious resting state.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 10, 2015

Awkwardness in itself is no barrier to becoming president.

From BBC • Jan. 5, 2015

A version of this article appeared July 14, 2013, on page B7 in the U.S. edition of The Wall Street Journal, with the headline: The Awkwardness of the Tour.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jul. 15, 2013

Awkwardness was such a natural thing for me.

From "The Boy in the Black Suit" by Jason Reynolds