fretted
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“The ballroom is literally an imposition between two branches of our government,” the architect David Scott Parker, who’s on the board of the National Trust for Historic Preservation, fretted to the Times.
From Slate • May 18, 2026
Stock futures slid Tuesday as U.S. inflation picked up faster than expected in April and investors fretted over the stalemate between the U.S. and Iran in their conflict.
From Barron's • May 12, 2026
Steyer’s work began at 5 a.m. in the office and he seldom took days off — he fretted he wouldn’t have time for a honeymoon.
From Los Angeles Times • May 6, 2026
For years, he had fretted over whether she would ever be ready.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026
Mrs. Clarke fretted and paced, but within the hour a thin plume of smoke rose from the bakehouse chimney.
From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood
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