consternation
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The switch from Platner to Jackson caused some consternation among the party’s grassroots base.
From Salon ● Oct. 12, 2026
TOKYO—A rout in government bonds is pushing up borrowing costs around the world, causing consternation from Washington to Paris to Tokyo.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026
These plans have created great consternation in your family and, to a certain extent, excitement.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 6, 2026
Several leading track and field athletes competing at the Ultimate Championship in Budapest last weekend expressed their consternation at Sweeney's commercial, saying it was a misleading representation of how women in sport looked.
From Barron's ● Sep. 14, 2026
In the decades that followed, extensive excavations revealed to increasingly intrigued eighteenth-century Europeans how sophisticated - and, to their consternation, how saucy - their ancient ancestors had been.
From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall
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