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Recent grads are already fretting that artificial intelligence is shrinking the junior job market.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 29, 2026

Traders are also fretting over the extended valuations of some firms, with Nvidia topping $5 trillion.

From Barron's • Jun. 23, 2026

After fretting and weighing the pros and cons, I eventually caved and decided to start mine young.

From Slate • Jun. 20, 2026

Even Hernandez’s supporters were fretting about what might happen on election night.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 3, 2026

Mariam would sleep poorly, fretting that some business entanglement would prevent Jalil from coming on Thursday, that she would have to wait a whole other week to see him.

From "A Thousand Splendid Suns" by Khaled Hosseini




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