uncertainty
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Recalling how he rushed to the site of the crash, Fernandez said he was confronted with "an image of desolation, despair, uncertainty, death".
From Barron's ● Oct. 29, 2026
"We have exercised patience and endured uncertainty for years, but our patience is now being taken advantage of," she said in a statement.
From BBC ● Oct. 28, 2026
Cassingham, who had sailed on the Odyssey with his wife, Kit, said that despite the uncertainty and frustration, the couple didn’t have any regrets about their life at sea.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2026
We have a running tab at Boston Children’s Hospital, and a baseline level of uncertainty about her health.
From Slate ● Oct. 28, 2026
Prison spared Trina the uncertainty of homelessness but presented new dangers and challenges.
From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson
The relative stability in gilts recently contrasts with periods earlier this year, when yields on long-dated bonds spiked due to U.K. fiscal concerns and geopolitical uncertainties.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 2026
Little uncertainties have a way of making people uncomfortable.
From Salon ● Oct. 20, 2026
The Vesuvius measurements from 1997 were included in that earlier calibration, but their uncertainties were large enough that they had relatively little influence on the final result.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 30, 2026
The public listing comes at a time when the AI industry is facing a combination of uncertainties.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 29, 2026
I had come to accept such uncertainties with a quiet heart.
From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin
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