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qualm

[kwahm, kwawm] / kwɑm, kwɔm /


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If there’s any qualm in Cosm’s work it’s that at times there could be a tinge more self-control in order to let the film do its work.

From Los Angeles Times May 14, 2026

"The very nature of the alleged conspiracy does not state an antitrust claim, and the court therefore has no qualm dismissing with prejudice," she concluded.

From BBC Mar. 26, 2026

Seconds later, he wrote, the actors became the hospital, and “shortly afterward turn it, without a qualm, into a Buddhist funeral.”

From New York Times Apr. 24, 2023

The only qualm we have with the Charge 5 is the always-on display.

From The Verge Mar. 18, 2022

Westley let go of the vine without a qualm, because he had come too far to fail now; failure was not even a problem to be considered.

From "The Princess Bride" by William Goldman

Harry says being around other people making content helped him overcome his qualms about doing it himself.

From BBC Jul. 5, 2026

Concern for the wages of low-income workers didn’t mean, however, that voters would forever set aside qualms about the rising cost of living.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 24, 2026

And Narbé — a 5th- and 6th-grade social studies teacher in Hollywood — had no qualms about backing these Iranian men.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 16, 2026

But “Disclosure Day” makes no qualms about its sanguinity.

From Salon Jun. 13, 2026

I gave him a pledge of my honesty, feeling absolutely no qualms about what I intended to do.

From "Black Boy" by Richard Wright




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