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worry

[wur-ee, wuhr-ee] / ˈwɜr i, ˈwʌr i /




Usage

What are other ways to say worry? Worry is an active state of agitated uneasiness and restless apprehension: He was distracted by worry over the stock market. Concern implies an anxious sense of interest in something: concern over a friend's misfortune. Care suggests a heaviness of spirit caused by dread, or by the constant pressure of burdensome demands: Poverty weighs a person down with care.

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They worry about teenagers being forced to submit personal information as they go through an age verification process to prove they are old enough to access platforms.

From BBC Sep. 17, 2026

If AI labs’ coordination is needed to create value and isn’t exclusionary or exploitative, they need not worry about antitrust liability.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 16, 2026

Global fund managers are being haunted by a new worry — the possibility that bond yields could shoot higher in a “disorderly” manner, stoking volatility that potentially spills over into stocks and the broader economy.

From MarketWatch Sep. 15, 2026

The biggest worry was once about nuclear weapons in space, but the superpowers and other countries signed the Outer Space Treaty in 1967, banning weapons of mass destruction in orbit.

From Barron's Sep. 15, 2026

Regan called out, and Callaway motioned at her to be quiet, his normally jovial face tight with worry.

From "Glitch" by Laura Martin

The two worries, he added, are both a loss-of-control type accident as well as a concentration in power.

From MarketWatch Sep. 16, 2026

The construction site will be wrapped with underwater silt curtains but Leidich worries the marine lakes will be contaminated by sediment plumes.

From Barron's Sep. 16, 2026

Simmering worries that the technology could wipe out civilization and launch cyberattacks reached a boil at the office and around the dinner table—and prompted AI leaders to call for more regulation of the technology.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 16, 2026

Yields have been driven higher by worries over U.S. inflation, with oil prices climbing amid a deepening Iran war.

From MarketWatch Sep. 15, 2026

“It’ll be hard to be away from you, Mamá; that’s the only thing that worries me. But will you let me go?”

From "Across So Many Seas" by Ruth Behar

LaTanya Walker considered ordering abortion pills for her niece, she said, but she ultimately did not because she worried about whether they could exacerbate medical conditions.

From Salon Sep. 17, 2026

Others worried the shocks were compounding and could no longer be assumed to pass on their own.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 17, 2026

Los Angeles’ identity and workers’ livelihoods are at stake, say worried residents who fear that Paramount will leave the state.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 16, 2026

Some investors have worried that if Anthropic, OpenAI and other AI companies slow down their training of large language models, they will need to spend less on hardware and infrastructure.

From MarketWatch Sep. 15, 2026

“I know how important your locs were to you. Are you okay?” she asks, worried.

From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold

“Carrying balances on those accounts is a flashing red light that changes need to be made to your budget. Don’t burn calories worrying about 3.75% vs. 4% when you are paying 20%.”

From MarketWatch Sep. 16, 2026

The recent spate of thefts is worrying officials.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 15, 2026

She hired her house manager to allow her room for joy and to be fully present with her 6-year-old daughter instead of worrying about whether they were running low on laundry detergent.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 14, 2026

Even in cases where there are no unknown additives, the lack of regulation and expert guidance presents a worrying level of uncertainty.

From Slate Sep. 13, 2026

She’d slimmed down and shot up and started worrying about clothes.

From "Found" by Margaret Peterson Haddix




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