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antsy

[ant-see] / ˈænt si /


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And Max Muncy — on his bobblehead night — had a bases-loaded double that gave the Dodgers a 5-3 lead in the sixth and ignited the antsy crowd.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 11, 2026

“I think people are antsy about it, because they just don’t know whether Warsh will come up and surprise us,” Tang said.

From MarketWatch Jul. 18, 2026

After 28 years of watching World Cups from football's wilderness, there was never much danger of the Tartan Army getting antsy about the gridlock on the road to Foxborough.

From BBC Jun. 14, 2026

Experts generally advise people to wait to buy resale tickets, since prices often come down as sellers get antsy.

From The Wall Street Journal May 8, 2026

At the end of day two at the Four Winds, Miig was already getting antsy.

From "The Marrow Thieves" by Cherie Dimaline

In an expensive hotel room touched with old-fashioned elegance, a husband and wife growing ever antsier in each other’s company keep the floor-length drapes drawn against the City of Light.

From New York Times Oct. 12, 2022

But Scherzer is different — antsier, too consumed with all this to sit still even if he has fielded those bunts a thousand times.

From Washington Post Oct. 6, 2022

But as night fell, the crowd grew larger and antsier.

From Seattle Times May 18, 2022

Have the regulators gotten antsier in your view?

From The Verge Aug. 17, 2021

His next restaurant is called Next, and it sprang from the antsier impulses of a chef who gets bored easily.

From Chicago Tribune Feb. 15, 2011




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