worry
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I worry a small kitchen means the end of Thanksgiving, and that the grandkids will come less often if there’s no yard.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 24, 2026
Another worry: how melanoma is treated is changing.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 24, 2026
She said she was also told by the investigator that there was a "general worry" that there "would be allegations of transphobia."
From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2026
The second half of “You Can See Everything” examines the conjugal nature of denial and doubt as Seyfried and Fielder begin to worry that Evans is exploiting the now-incarcerated Holmes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026
“People were cool. And there was always enough floating to the cauldron top that I never had to wrestle or worry about a wheel not being done enough.”
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
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Karen Jones, who has lived in the area for 20 years, worries what will happen to their "beautiful garden neighbourhoods".
From BBC ● Oct. 24, 2026
Treasury yields fell to their lowest levels since September as worries about French government debt sent investors searching for safe havens.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026
He’s the only analyst listed on FactSet who rates Nvidia at sell, and he still worries that it faces mounting pressures.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 23, 2026
She worries many of them will develop post-traumatic stress disorders.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2026
These thoughts dropped on top of the hillock of crop worries in my heart.
From "Hattie Big Sky" by Kirby Larson
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"It was getting a bit distressing," she said, and both mother and daughter had worried it might collapse in the night when Sabrina moved.
From BBC ● Oct. 24, 2026
She worried about the route that authorities had mandated for the demonstration in Paris, pointing out that parts of it were "extremely narrow" and that it passed by a gas station.
From Barron's ● Oct. 24, 2026
Prominent marine biology professor Choi Yoon told local media that experts were particularly worried about a "critical" injury around the shark's eye.
From BBC ● Oct. 24, 2026
There will be no Munich, if that’s what some are worried about.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026
As soon as he’d said it, his blood froze, worried that he’d gone too far, for it had been a very long while since he’d made a joke.
From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman
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She said: "After working all my life I didn't expect to be constantly worrying about how to keep warm at my age. It is really quite frightening."
From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026
The cable and entertainment company’s quarterly earnings beat analysts’ expectations, but bleeding in the key broadband business continued at a worrying pace.
From Barron's ● Oct. 22, 2026
Secondly, why is anyone worrying about the nighttime Zzzzzs of television executives?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026
Austen will never go out of style because we’re not going to reach a point when we stop worrying about money, status and the gobsmacking difficulty of telling someone you love them.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026
At first, I was worrying about all of those people watching and listening.
From "Ida B" by Katherine Hannigan
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