tension
Example Sentences
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“Things are calm, but you can feel the tension.”
“Fractured trade and geopolitical tensions are not transient problems, but permanent features of a fragmented world,” Singapore’s Prime Minister Lawrence Wong said in his 2026 New Year message.
Previous format changes have not always worked out, such as the highly unpopular "Seer" twist last year, which effectively made it impossible for one particular player to win, and removed the tension from the finale.
From BBC
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has sought to calm tensions, acknowledging protesters' "legitimate demands", and called on the government Thursday to take action to improve the economic situation.
From Barron's
That tension, more than any single record, may be the clearest sign yet of how the global box office has changed.
From MarketWatch
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
