impatience
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The conference bypassed the United Nations climate process altogether, reflecting a growing impatience with its failure to tackle fossil fuels, the main driver of global warming.
From Barron's • Apr. 30, 2026
In general, they always prefer early records because they’re filled with that youthful sort of impatience.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026
Tangen asked her about her impatience with U.S.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 24, 2026
US President Donald Trump, who spearheaded diplomatic efforts to end the war, has been signalling impatience with the deadlock between the two sides.
From BBC • Feb. 18, 2026
I was too shaken to consider my own foolishness; it was only the rabbit, and Mr. Loomis’s impatience, that had saved me.
From "Z for Zachariah" by Robert C. O’Brien
Vocabulary lists containing impatience
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