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angst

[ahngkst, angst] / ɑŋkst, æŋst /


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Together they turned their angst into action, building a website laying out their calculations and starting a petition calling for changes to the CGT discount and negative gearing which has garnered thousands of signatures.

From BBC • May 12, 2026

As investors warily eye U.S. long-bond yields near 5%, another bout of fixed income angst could be about to rattle markets.

From MarketWatch • May 6, 2026

A man of good will wrestling with middle-aged angst, Artie is “in many ways, the embodiment of the American dream,” Strout tells us.

From Los Angeles Times • May 5, 2026

In April, the University of Michigan’s consumer-sentiment index dropped to its lowest reading on record due to angst about the war and prices.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 30, 2026

This never happened to me in Florida, this oh-so-high-school angst about who likes whom more, and I hated myself for letting it happen now.

From "Looking for Alaska" by John Green




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