suspenseful
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Jake Johnson and Murray Bartlett co-star in what looks to be a fun, suspenseful romp.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 30, 2026
All this competence puts us in a strange state — a suspenseful trance — in which you feel on edge while also relaxing into the idea that the characters have things under control.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 23, 2026
And that made for a heady, suspenseful mix for those watching either on the ground or on television.
From BBC • Mar. 16, 2026
Competition shows attract the male audience who love sports, because “it’s suspenseful, it’s cutthroat,” says Amanda Freitag, a celebrity chef who battled and narrowly lost to Iron Chef Bobby Flay in 2009.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 12, 2026
The Tuscaloosa News reported later that the governor “squeezed every suspenseful moment of drama from the occasion.”
From "While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement" by Carolyn Maull McKinstry
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