consternation
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The sharp capacity crunch has caused consternation among power users, forced companies to scuttle products and led to reliability problems.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 13, 2026
The book, published just a quarter of a century after the events that inspired it, caused consternation because of the way it highlighted the suffering of German civilians.
From BBC • Mar. 17, 2026
Another source of consternation is AMD’s ramp of its operating expenses, which “is starting to become a bit tiresome” considering the company’s “lackluster” execution, Rasgon said.
From MarketWatch • Feb. 4, 2026
It’s a major deal that caused immediate consternation throughout baseball.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 16, 2026
But there was consternation among some spectators because they had been unable to hear de Wet’s sentence.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
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