suspense
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Writer-director Ian Tuason, in his first feature, handles the second of these assignments with gusto: The movie generates a pleasing fog of suspense as it makes the audience pay attention to each new audio cue.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 12, 2026
EFL chief executive Trevor Birch said the play-offs have become a "highlight of the domestic football calendar, capturing the drama, suspense and jeopardy that make the EFL so special".
From BBC • Mar. 5, 2026
Is it why markets are rocking, why oil shipments are cut back from the Strait of Hormuz, why the world hangs on tenterhooks of suspense over what happens next?
From Slate • Mar. 4, 2026
"I will break the suspense tomorrow," he said.
From Barron's • Feb. 14, 2026
Sherman’s clue order got the kids thinking as broadly as possible early in the show, but still preserved the suspense of penguin until the end.
From "The Tipping Point" by Malcolm Gladwell
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