nervous
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As an H-1B visa holder, he felt nervous leaving the U.S., fearing he would not be able to get back in.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 14, 2026
Latvia, like the other two Baltic countries Lithuania and Estonia, feels increasingly nervous about potential Russian aggression.
From BBC • May 14, 2026
The patient's mortified family immediately apologised but the damage had been done, Vicario says, and such experiences leave him feeling powerless, anxious and nervous.
From BBC • May 12, 2026
They were sitting by a piano on stage — after Cole’s last set of the night at the Trocadero on Sunset Strip — when the nervous young songwriter decided to share his unfinished road song.
From Los Angeles Times • May 12, 2026
She’s tired—having stayed up half the night to edit the Operation Rise interviews to show the judge—and nervous.
From "Not Nothing" by Gayle Forman
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