uneasy
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Two moments, weeks apart, but the same uneasy question beneath both of them: Is joy resistance?
From Salon ● Jul. 20, 2026
Now Gauff and her next opponent, Karolina Muchova, face off Thursday for a chance to transform their mutually uneasy relationships with the green blades beneath their feet into the biggest grass-court breakthrough of their careers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 8, 2026
The documents show in detail the uneasy back-and-forth between Anthropic Chief Executive Officer Dario Amodei and Emil Michael, the undersecretary of defense for research and engineering.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 2, 2026
What next for her uneasy alliance with France's Emmanuel Macron, for so long her political "frenemy" but now increasingly important to her standing?
From BBC ● Jun. 26, 2026
Christopher did not know if they saw very few strangers so far north, or if there was something in Mal that made them uneasy.
From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell
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But Mr. Sebastian sounded uneasier about Mr. Trump, despite having hoped for the best after his election.
From New York Times ● Aug. 6, 2018
Yet fiction seems to have an uneasier relationship with influence than other art forms.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 24, 2018
But Phil Young, a 27-year veteran of the Army and Marine Corps, walking alongside Mr. Pierson, was uneasier about the Republican nominee, sharing reservations that underscore the roadblocks confronting Mr. Trump.
From New York Times ● Aug. 4, 2016
They enjoy being scared, but become uneasier by the degree to which they can place themselves in a drama.
From Time Magazine Archive
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So I got uneasier and uneasier, and couldn't rest.
From Tom Sawyer, Detective by Twain, Mark
Mahershala Ali’s win for Supporting Actor, for his role in “Green Book,” was one of the uneasiest moments of the night.
From The New Yorker ● Feb. 25, 2019
Then into the strangest, uneasiest song REM had to date recorded, with Stipe flashing in and out of focus as the lights flickered around the band.
From The Guardian ● Nov. 15, 2012
A beaming Harry, 20, who was said to be the uneasiest about his relationship with his new stepmom, was first to wave back.
From Time Magazine Archive
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When they had finished Edna offered to show Judge Trent a shady hammock where breezes were warranted to lull all but the uneasiest conscience to rest.
From The Opened Shutters by Burnham, Clara Louise
They was the uneasiest people you ever see.
From Old Caravan Days by Catherwood, Mary Hartwell
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