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suspense

[suh-spens] / səˈspɛns /


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They are announced one by one, starting from the bottom of the scoreboard -- thereby stretching out the suspense until the very end.

From Barron's • May 16, 2026

Strout’s narrative also flashes forward at times, muting suspense, revealing more than we might wish.

From Los Angeles Times • May 5, 2026

There is plenty of creepy suspense in “Tales from ’85.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 23, 2026

Thomas Perry’s tough-minded heroine Jane Whitefield has been the center of nine previous works of suspense.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026

He’d had it with the suspense, the implications, the accusations, the strain.

From "Found" by Margaret Peterson Haddix




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