impatience
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Louisiana’s move seems to reflect a mixture of impatience and anxiety.
From Slate ● Sep. 16, 2026
The world’s most famous unemployed 41-year-old basketball player still hasn’t picked his next team, and the vibe is different, a mix of light ambivalence and mild impatience.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026
As their impatience grows, the window for Odysseus to reclaim his kingdom and restore a crumbling world to Zeus’ law — essentially open-hearted hospitality and treating others as you’d be treated — is closing.
From Salon ● Jul. 18, 2026
Amid growing impatience within the ruling party, now-former Labour MP Josh Simons stood down in Makerfield so that Burnham could try to return to parliament and run for leader.
From Barron's ● Jun. 19, 2026
Monty stood at the door, her face the picture of impatience.
From "City Spies" by James Ponti
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