fretting
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He warned in early 2025 of a “lost decade” for U.S. stocks, and had already been fretting a year before.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 15, 2026
We meet Mona in media res, nervously tapping her shoes on the carpeted lobby floor and fretting over her audition.
From Salon ● Oct. 12, 2026
The lab wanted to make that clear to a public that, though plenty worried about the potential of artificial intelligence, wasn’t fretting enough about what these complex models were capable of now.
From Slate ● Sep. 15, 2026
While fretting over such minutiae is far from mainstream practice—many doctors recommend simplicity in fitness and nutrition—a growing number of so-called datamaxxers have finally found their version of nerd Valhalla.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026
When Tina came along, that's where all my fretting went, I guess.
From "How It Went Down" by Kekla Magoon
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