anxiety
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Every succession moment in Chinese politics brings renewed anxiety about who is or isn’t aligned, who holds what files, whose network might complicate the choreography.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026
A punk-vicious “Subdivisions” — “Be cool or be cast out,” go the lyrics — benefited from added grit, while 1984’s “Distant Early Warning” burrowed into nuclear anxiety with unstoppable momentum.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 2026
That anxiety can be seen in the reaction to Friday’s strong jobs report for May, which sent highflying tech stocks sharply lower and bond yields higher.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 8, 2026
Sometimes pupils are signed off, increasingly with mental health issues like anxiety.
From BBC • Jun. 7, 2026
When we reached our destination, it was quite late, but Farmer eagerly, and no doubt with some anxiety, opened his computer.
From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French
Vocabulary lists containing anxiety
The SAT: Words to Capture Tone, List 4
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"The Tell-Tale Heart," Vocabulary from the short story
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The New SAT: Words to Capture Tone
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