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  • past tense form of worry.
  • past participle of worry.
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worried

[wur-eed, wuhr-] / ˈwɜr id, ˈwʌr- /


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A year from now, you’ll have been conditioned to expect them to win these games, and you’ll no longer be worried about whether this was all a dream.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 25, 2026

"It was getting a bit distressing," she said, and both mother and daughter had worried it might collapse in the night when Sabrina moved.

From BBC ● Oct. 24, 2026

She worried about the route that authorities had mandated for the demonstration in Paris, pointing out that parts of it were "extremely narrow" and that it passed by a gas station.

From Barron's ● Oct. 24, 2026

Beverly Hills is heavily Jewish, and the board is entirely so, but many residents argued public schools shouldn’t display another country’s flag, and worried it would favor one group over another.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026

Some worried that going public would harm their personal reputations.

From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock


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