trepidation
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The Chinese models are causing trepidation at leading U.S.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 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
Many people in Hollywood view the merger with trepidation because of the prospect of more job losses.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 1, 2026
As I ring the doorbell of Maggie O'Farrell's Edinburgh home, I wonder with some trepidation whether the acclaimed novelist might have become a bit starry after the whirlwind few months she's just had.
From BBC ● May 22, 2026
With trepidation I reported this to Yao, and he told me the master kept everybody’s belongings safely in his bedroom.
From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo
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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
With each passing day, rail workers are getting their story out about their trepidations about the length, weight and make-up of the toxic train that originated in Illinois and was headed east to Pennsylvania.
From Salon ● Feb. 17, 2023
Ambiguous feelings are turned to ashes there; and so are doubts, hesitations, timidities, trepidations, cowardices.
From Suspended Judgments Essays on Books and Sensations by Powys, John Cowper
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The Crucible
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Grade 10, List 6
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