fretted

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Initial R2 buyers have fretted over initial estimated lease prices for the SUV—starting at around $829, according to Rivian’s website.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 16, 2026

Software stocks were battered earlier in the year as investors fretted that AI would take market share from software-as-a-service providers.

From Barron's • May 29, 2026

“The ballroom is literally an imposition between two branches of our government,” the architect David Scott Parker, who’s on the board of the National Trust for Historic Preservation, fretted to the Times.

From Slate • May 18, 2026

Stock futures slid Tuesday as U.S. inflation picked up faster than expected in April and investors fretted over the stalemate between the U.S. and Iran in their conflict.

From Barron's • May 12, 2026

I fretted about Minnijean as I plunged into my birthday party plans, but the more I tried to console her, the less she listened.

From "Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High" by Melba Pattillo Beals