apprehension
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Ghizlan Saad, a Bahraini mother of two, said the sirens woke her family in the middle of the night, "bringing back memories of the attacks, of the fear and apprehension".
From Barron's ● Sep. 2, 2026
Spirits are a mixture of amusement and apprehension.
From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026
“Private credit and the surge in redemptions reflect investor apprehension about the future of software,” he says.
From MarketWatch ● May 1, 2026
He was talented but always worried about getting the next assignment, an apprehension that loomed larger as he aged.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 26, 2026
An ache was on the top of his stomach, an apprehension that was like a sick thought.
From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck
That area accounted for just 1.3% of the 237,538 apprehensions recorded across the entire border last fiscal year.
From Salon ● Aug. 24, 2026
The spider’s ability to transmute our human apprehensions still holds true.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 15, 2026
"A lot of the previous limit on contact seems to be due to Pyongyang's apprehensions about broader contact, which have diminished," Chong told AFP.
From Barron's ● Mar. 12, 2026
Unpacking the apprehensions and opportunities of boom-time America as laid out in Shannon Pufahl’s 2019 novel, director Daniel Minahan gamely plants one foot in Douglas Sirk territory while glancing in the direction of Todd Haynes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 25, 2025
As to what was to come, he began to be disturbed by vague apprehensions.
From "Abel's Island" by William Steig
Vocabulary lists containing apprehension
Lord of the Flies
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"Of Mice and Men"
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"To Kill a Mockingbird" by Harper Lee, Chapters 20–25
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