worry
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I’m not saying you shouldn’t worry about your debt because others have more; I’m just trying to give you some perspective.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 28, 2026
"Don't worry about school. Just focus on your boxing," his mother eventually said.
From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2026
“It’s interesting because this isn’t a moment where CEOs are able to say, ‘Don’t worry, we’ve got you’,” because she didn’t think many felt that way, she told me.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
But Harbaugh said it’s nothing to worry about.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026
But on he drove, ignoring or not bothering to worry about the looks she threw at him filled with confusion and curiosity.
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
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“Here what worries us is having electricity, water and money and then resolving the day’s needs,” said Irelis Cedeño, a 65-year-old pensioner who lives just outside of Caracas.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 30, 2026
He also worries about feeling useless on the ground and even making the rescue effort "more problematic".
From Barron's ● Aug. 29, 2026
Gains could prove short-lived, though, as investors move past the war to refocus on economic worries and concerns about the artificial-intelligence trade.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 28, 2026
Other than that, he’s never seemed confident that the future will turn out all right, although he’s kept on working out his worries onscreen, forever hunting for flakes of hope in the rubble.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026
I am the oldest, and so the worries reach me first.
From "Secrets at Sea" by Richard Peck
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It is also worth trying to dig deeper to find out what is making them worried about school specifically.
From BBC ● Aug. 30, 2026
"We were worried he was a charlatan," Audrey says.
From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2026
Most of the folks worried about this are having all their info vacuumed up by Meta, Alphabet, Apple, etc.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
Many are worried that social media continues to increase the risks of depression, anxiety, eating disorders, bullying and other harms.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026
Mutti and I were worried that it might bring on one of his asthma attacks, but thankfully it did not.
From "An Elephant in the Garden" by Michael Morpurgo
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It would also send out worrying signals about the scale of TFG's ambitions.
From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2026
While trends should begin to brighten in China–where tighter rules on boozing among public officials have hit cognac sales–the outlook in the U.S. market remains worrying for the group.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026
Before Washington's call, Rosemary Di Carlo, the UN's Under-Secretary-General for Political and Peacebuilding Affairs, warned a "worrying aspect of the conflict in Sudan is its increasing complexity."
From Barron's ● Aug. 24, 2026
Like many others my age, I’m worrying more about the possibility of having Alzheimer’s, as my mother did, and the prospect of needing long-term care, as she and my dad did.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 23, 2026
I remember my parents sitting in on angry internet meetings with other people from the town, complaining about taxes and worrying about the cost of a new building.
From "Wayward Creatures" by Dayna Lorentz
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