aversion
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Humans have adopted an aversion to the casual risks that used to be a part of everyday life.
From Salon ● Jul. 31, 2026
Brindle says this anxiety and risk aversion is actually quite common.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 24, 2026
And as the 2023 dual writers’ and actors’ strikes thinned out theatrical lineups, that aversion to uncertainty became a push for reliable and profitable hits.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 1, 2026
His blind spot about risks in the financial system also owed something to a general aversion to regulation.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 22, 2026
The Navy gave him his love of sailing and his aversion to waiting in lines.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
Widespread health- and Ozempic-driven aversions to carbohydrates, changing consumer tastes and concern over rising prices have led to beer volume declines for big brewers including Heineken, Anheuser-Busch InBev, Molson Coors and Constellation.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 16, 2026
He noted that, like him, she had trouble socializing and experienced sensory aversions.
From Slate ● Sep. 29, 2024
Pregnancy is often a time for food aversions and exhaustion, but for Keatley the opposite has been true.
From BBC ● Nov. 4, 2023
"I really regret the rice isn't consumed due to safety rumours, but I also understand it's hard to completely refute aversions."
From Reuters ● Mar. 9, 2023
Emma felt this sentence would give people “an opening to say, however unjustly, that he considered all spiritual beliefs no higher than hereditary aversions or likings, such as the fear of monkeys towards snakes.”
From "Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith" by Deborah Heiligman
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