trepidation
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“I have complete trepidation about going under again. I have seven kids and I couldn’t afford that,” he told The Wall Street Journal in 2006.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
The expected rush has caused trepidation for the authorities, who are pleading for caution amid fears that the heavenly phenomenon will unleash hell on the ground.
From Barron's ● Aug. 11, 2026
But for all of Tom and Anna’s trepidation toward Max, they do little to thwart him from being all up in their business.
From Salon ● Jul. 17, 2026
We were surrounded by so much beauty; it was almost impossible to let trepidation win.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 26, 2026
Chandresh asks, eyeing it with a certain amount of trepidation.
From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern
Next year, Ravinder and Gita will have been married for half a century, the trepidations of youth dispelled by time.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 25, 2025
I was nervous that he would have trepidations — ‘Oh, I’ve got this sick person on set.’
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 11, 2025
"I had trepidations about coming at all, but I'm glad I did," he says.
From BBC ● May 30, 2023
Were there any trepidations or concerns that you had when publicly coming forward with this story?
From Salon ● Sep. 2, 2022
If my heart faltered, it must not be supposed that my trepidations arose from any selfish considerations.
From Arthur Mervyn Or, Memoirs of the Year 1793 by Charles Brockden Brown
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The Crucible
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Grade 10, List 6
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