apprehension
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Ghizlan Saad, a Bahraini mother of two, said the sirens woke her family in the middle of the night, "bringing back memories of the attacks, of the fear and apprehension".
From Barron's ● Sep. 2, 2026
Spirits are a mixture of amusement and apprehension.
From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026
“While we understand restaurant-investor apprehension around any food-safety concern, government reports are not citing Taco Bell as the source of the outbreak,” they wrote.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 9, 2026
That apprehension is understandable, but ironically, the film treats adults with kid gloves.
From Salon ● Jun. 21, 2026
Kate had always been able to handle this ever-present danger, but now the slow-depositing calcium and the slow growth of apprehension caused her to need help and to look for it from Joe.
From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck
That area accounted for just 1.3% of the 237,538 apprehensions recorded across the entire border last fiscal year.
From Salon ● Aug. 24, 2026
The spider’s ability to transmute our human apprehensions still holds true.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 15, 2026
"A lot of the previous limit on contact seems to be due to Pyongyang's apprehensions about broader contact, which have diminished," Chong told AFP.
From Barron's ● Mar. 12, 2026
In September, Southwest border apprehensions totaled 11,647, compared to 101,790 for the same month in 2024.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 11, 2025
“In the gloomiest moments of the Revolutionary War,” he wrote in 1820, “I never had any apprehensions equal to what I feel from this source.”
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
Vocabulary lists containing apprehension
Lord of the Flies
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"Of Mice and Men"
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"To Kill a Mockingbird" by Harper Lee, Chapters 20–25
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