nervous
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It’s a striking sign of how nervous some investors have become about Wall Street’s multitrillion-dollar bet on artificial intelligence.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 1, 2026
In the past week, various negative factors converged to make investors even more nervous about a tech sector so highly tied to unyielding artificial-intelligence spending.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 30, 2026
There would be personality wallpaper in the bathroom, icy sparkling cocktails, very good roast chicken and a bread service so generous it would probably make an accountant nervous.
From Salon ● Oct. 30, 2026
Due to compete in Hamburg on Friday, she said she was "nervous" about her return and hoped that the high-profile incident would not define her.
From BBC ● Oct. 29, 2026
Nonetheless, it still made me very nervous every time the subject came up.
From "An Elephant in the Garden" by Michael Morpurgo
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