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apprehensiveness











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But covid apprehensiveness is not what it once was, and many may feel that a couple of shots is enough.

From Washington Post ● Sep. 3, 2022

That’s valid, that apprehensiveness is valid, but also realize that it’s necessary to criticize something in order for it to grow and improve.

From Slate ● Apr. 22, 2020

Justice Souter said the ordinance was permissible because begging can create “serious apprehensiveness, real or apparent coercion, physical offense or even danger.”

From New York Times ● Dec. 8, 2014

They undermined themselves with an apprehensiveness that made them strike out in anxiety.

From The Guardian ● Jul. 12, 2010

"Did he say anything to you about it?" the wife enquired presently, with a smothered apprehensiveness which touched her companion.

From A Letter of Credit by Susan Warner




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