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qualm

[kwahm, kwawm] / kwɑm, kwɔm /


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"The very nature of the alleged conspiracy does not state an antitrust claim, and the court therefore has no qualm dismissing with prejudice," she concluded.

From BBC ● Mar. 26, 2026

If the program’s resources are finite, though, you might well feel an ethical qualm about taking assistance that someone else needs more.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 29, 2024

Seconds later, he wrote, the actors became the hospital, and “shortly afterward turn it, without a qualm, into a Buddhist funeral.”

From New York Times ● Apr. 24, 2023

The only qualm we have with the Charge 5 is the always-on display.

From The Verge ● Mar. 18, 2022

There was a sick qualm at the pit of Johnny’s stomach.

From "Johnny Tremain" by Esther Hoskins Forbes

Narbé Mansourian — a social studies teacher — had no qualms about separating the players from the politics in the country with the complicated geopolitical — and personal — history.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 16, 2026

Before the tournament, Ghana head coach Carlos Quieroz said he had no qualms over selecting Partey.

From BBC ● Jun. 16, 2026

But “Disclosure Day” makes no qualms about its sanguinity.

From Salon ● Jun. 13, 2026

Despite the qualms, many countries don’t want to miss out on the investment either.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 7, 2026

The hotel three doors down has no such qualms, although I dislike this clerk almost as much as the other.

From "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen




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