nervous
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If the prospect of letting your teen loose in financial markets makes you nervous, your brokerage might also offer paper trading accounts.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 14, 2026
“Are you as nervous as I am to be here?” asked Karol.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 13, 2026
"People were quite scandalised, nervous, terrified about the possibility of what could potentially go wrong - bringing 50 lions to the Wiltshire countryside."
From BBC • Apr. 10, 2026
For any parent nervous about a child’s desire to pursue the arts as a living, this book will, at least, help connect such worries to a long and rich history.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026
He pulled the neck of his T-shirt, which he’d been sucking on in the way he sometimes did when he felt nervous, out of his mouth.
From "A Boy Called Bat" by Elana K. Arnold
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