consternation
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Lately, there has been consternation around reports of financial metrics from leading private AI companies OpenAI and Anthropic.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 16, 2026
The switch from Platner to Jackson caused some consternation among the party’s grassroots base.
From Salon ● Oct. 12, 2026
Today, to the consternation of many residents, a full-scale reconstruction is under way at Nir Oz.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026
Several leading track and field athletes competing at the Ultimate Championship in Budapest last weekend expressed their consternation at Sweeney's commercial, saying it was a misleading representation of how women in sport looked.
From Barron's ● Sep. 14, 2026
She yanked him off balance and tossed him several blocks down the Calle San Jose, to the general consternation of several dozen more cats.
From "Blood of Olympus" by Rick Riordan
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