fretted
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Treasury yields took a step back as investors fretted about war-driven inflation while worrying about an economic slowdown.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 20, 2026
“The ballroom is literally an imposition between two branches of our government,” the architect David Scott Parker, who’s on the board of the National Trust for Historic Preservation, fretted to the Times.
From Slate • May 18, 2026
Stock futures slid Tuesday as U.S. inflation picked up faster than expected in April and investors fretted over the stalemate between the U.S. and Iran in their conflict.
From Barron's • May 12, 2026
She said district communication had been sparse so far — “no call, no text, no email” — and fretted about missing work at Sweetgreen, the fast-casual chain restaurant where she makes salads.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 10, 2026
One reviewer there fretted, without any evident sense of irony, that Holmes presented his arguments so clearly and compellingly that students might actually come to believe them.
From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson
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