consternation
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His involvement was met with some consternation from the running community — how could this man with no racing experience arrange a successful marathon when four prior attempts had failed?
From Los Angeles Times • May 30, 2026
What should have been a day of nail-biting and thrills threatened, instead, to be one of consternation.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026
Not only are Koreans trading like crazy, but they appear, to the consternation of some analysts, to be trading like crazy on borrowed money.
From MarketWatch • May 21, 2026
Najim was arrested in Italy but released and returned to Libya, sparking a major political row in Italy and consternation at the ICC.
From Barron's • May 19, 2026
There was consternation darkening every expression, and Captain Black yawned deliciously, rubbed the last lethargy from his eyes and laughed gloatingly each time he told someone else to eat his liver.
From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller
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