consternation
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Not only are Koreans trading like crazy, but they appear, to the consternation of some analysts, to be trading like crazy on borrowed money.
From MarketWatch • May 21, 2026
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From Barron's • May 21, 2026
The “Made in China 2025” plan released in 2015 that caused so much consternation in the West earmarked 10 industries for self-sufficiency.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026
The book, published just a quarter of a century after the events that inspired it, caused consternation because of the way it highlighted the suffering of German civilians.
From BBC • Mar. 17, 2026
The Crown apparendy believed that as well, for there was great consternation among die prosecution when, on March 14, our first witness was not Luthuli but Dr. Wilson Conco.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
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