ambivalence

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The subsequent track, Normal, is billed as "exploring the space between spotlight and silence" and expresses ambivalence about the cost of celebrity, with lyrics about surviving criticism and having to fake happiness for the cameras.

From BBC • Mar. 20, 2026

In that environment, power doesn’t encounter firm resistance; it encounters hesitation, fragmentation and cultural ambivalence.

From Salon • Jan. 24, 2026

While Wall Street greets AI with open arms, ordinary Americans respond with ambivalence, anxiety, even dread.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 18, 2025

Vegas happily feasted upon that ambivalence all night long.

From Slate • Nov. 18, 2025

With the season opener a week away, the pressure now intensified on everyone else, on Brian Chavez with his metamorphic ruthlessness and Ivory Christian with his love-hate ambivalence and Jerrod McDougal with his religious zeal.

From "Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream" by H.G. Bissinger