insecure
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"That's one of my favourite things," she says "I can write a song about being petty or jealous or super insecure, and I get it off my chest in a way that seems productive."
From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026
Outside organisations, including the WHO, have been clear it is the Congolese government itself that is leading on the response, which is in a historically insecure area where armed groups have operated for years.
From BBC • May 22, 2026
In a statement read on her behalf immediately before sentencing, she described suffering nightmares and added: "I feel ashamed, insecure and uncomfortable in my own body."
From BBC • May 21, 2026
Yet once he was down to 170 pounds, he still felt insecure.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 11, 2026
It was called Delos and besides being of all islands the most insecure it was rocky and barren.
From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton
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