fretted
Example Sentences
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Even as average new car prices approached $50,000 this year, dealers fretted more over depleted inventories than losing customers to sticker shock.
Analysts have fretted over slowing growth and, more recently, weak third-quarter results.
From Barron's
In Deutsche Bank's case, CDS on its five-year debt rose above 200 bps last week from 85 bps just two weeks ago, as investors fretted about the stability of the broader European banking system.
From Reuters
He was there when advancing Russian soldiers opened fire at the facility in the first days of the war and he fretted as the they mined the surrounding grounds.
From New York Times
Asia-Pacific stocks fell on Friday, slumping toward a second weekly loss as investors fretted about the potential for further Federal Reserve tightening and the effect on the U.S. economy.
From Reuters
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