disquiet
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But the story sustains its atmosphere of disquiet by refusing to give away its secrets until the final sentences.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 14, 2025
One might dismiss these expressions of disquiet as mere “vibes,” but the raw figures bear them out.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 6, 2025
The inference that players were being signed without his support caused disquiet behind the scenes and suspicion and rancour among the fans.
From BBC • Oct. 28, 2025
The last visit to Yasukuni by a serving prime minister in 2013, by the late Shinzo Abe -- Takaichi's mentor -- prompted fury from China and South Korea and disquiet from Washington.
From Barron's • Oct. 10, 2025
I had elected, in my fevered search for honorable adjustment to the American scene, not to submit and in doing so I had embraced the daily horror of anxiety, of tension, of eternal disquiet.
From "Black Boy" by Richard Wright
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