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anxiety

[ang-zahy-i-tee] / æŋˈzaɪ ɪ ti /


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Emergency services said they received more than 500 calls reporting cracks, falling debris and other earthquake-related incidents, including a dozen requests for medical assistance, mostly for anxiety attacks.

From Barron's Aug. 18, 2026

“My anxiety about A.I. is not that it will make my job obsolete but that it will make me a little dumber,” I wrote.

From Slate Aug. 18, 2026

By 2015, however, crippling anxiety and loss of control left him so overwhelmed that he carried a water bottle everywhere, terrified that he might choke on his own saliva.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 18, 2026

That’s because the latest inflation reading for July, which saw the consumer price index rise a scant 0.1% for the month, matched Wall Street’s forecast and curbed some inflation anxiety on Wall Street.

From MarketWatch Aug. 17, 2026

It was distressing to consider the misery and anxiety his absence was causing those who cared.

From "Abel's Island" by William Steig

In fact, Morocco's economy is booming, at least on the surface, but experts say the persistent allure of life on the other side of the border is rooted in deeper anxieties, particularly among the young.

From Barron's Aug. 15, 2026

Now it seems that Amabile is bringing people along on his healing journey, having documented his anxieties before surgery.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 11, 2026

To some, it may feel like Araki is flattening complex social mores and misunderstanding the anxieties behind this era of semi-celibacy.

From Salon Jul. 31, 2026

And how do they match up with our own anxieties?

From BBC Jul. 31, 2026

With all my anxieties, my sense of taking a last desperate gamble, and so on, I had not been realistic enough to believe him.

From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin




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