consternation
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Consternation is especially acute as the All-Star break approaches, the season slightly more than half over, a break in the schedule that invites reflection.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 8, 2023
“The whole Island remained in great Terror and Consternation for some time,” a British squadron commander observed.
From The New Yorker • Jan. 20, 2020
Consternation over the original referendum decision long ago gave way to bafflement over the chaos.
From The Guardian • Dec. 25, 2018
Consternation about the reef surfaced again in the late 2000s, when a Spanish developer announced plans to build a complex with 30,000 hotel rooms less than seven miles north of the park.
From New York Times • Apr. 24, 2013
Consternation shows on the soldiers’ faces as they reverse the wheels a bit.
From "Mockingjay" by Suzanne Collins
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