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
When Netflix announced the first-ever Chef’s Table Food Festival, bringing 70 internationally acclaimed chefs to Park City for four days of dinners, demonstrations and excursions, I felt something between excitement and apprehension.
From Salon ● Aug. 6, 2026
Regarding Love's offending, Madam Justice McBride said by her guilty pleas she accepted she intentionally destroyed evidence and that she intentionally impeded her son's apprehension.
From BBC ● May 22, 2026
And most people feel at least some apprehension about smartphone addiction and social media use among the young.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 20, 2026
She stopped, sick with apprehension, hoping he would not turn just yet until she had gathered her nerves.
From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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
"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
He also has longstanding apprehensions about using the military for possible regime change.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2025
Following these apprehensions, the Indian government said it was holding talks with Beijing.
From BBC ● Jul. 9, 2025
Finding my apprehensions unfounded, however, and calmed by the deep silence that reigned as evening declined at nightfall, I took confidence.
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
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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