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worry

[wur-ee, wuhr-ee] / ˈwɜr i, ˈwʌr i /




Usage

What are other ways to say worry? Worry is an active state of agitated uneasiness and restless apprehension: He was distracted by worry over the stock market. Concern implies an anxious sense of interest in something: concern over a friend's misfortune. Care suggests a heaviness of spirit caused by dread, or by the constant pressure of burdensome demands: Poverty weighs a person down with care.

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Interest in the ruling has been high among voice actors in Japan, who worry AI mimicry of the tool of their trade will go a long way toward the decline of the storied industry.

From Barron's ● Sep. 30, 2026

"With that came the worry about what was going to happen her when she was out there. Is mum coming home tonight and if she is, is she going to be okay?"

From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2026

Meta and SpaceX aren’t all Instinct has to worry about either.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 28, 2026

Who knows, but companies worry they’ll be stuck paying the tariff first and later seeking refunds if their exemption request is approved.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 27, 2026

There’s worry and uncertainty etched on her face.

From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold

Micron stock faces headwinds from higher bond yields and AI slowdown worries.

From Barron's ● Sep. 28, 2026

Diana Spallone, a special-education teacher who got the letter, worries that an influx of data centers would ultimately hurt her home’s value.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 27, 2026

On that call, Sosnick expressed worries that the measure would have a negative effect on housing production, Lee said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026

Other worries going forward include selling of U.S. stock by foreign sellers — whose holdings have doubled to $3.1 trillion since 2021 — and fewer corporate buybacks.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 24, 2026

I sleep fitfully and wake up in the deep dark of the night, my worries blowing like a blinding storm through my head.

From "The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman" by Gennifer Choldenko

The BOE’s twice-yearly survey of 57 firms found that 63% were worried about the risks arising from AI, a jump from 31% at the start of the year.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026

Depositors worried about their bank may withdraw money out of fear others will beat them to it, and bank failure becomes self-fulfilling.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026

He added that he was "very worried" about the current situation as "I know how badly it escalated and what the repercussions were in many cases".

From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2026

That political pressure has been sharpest over data centers, the vast computing facilities the technology requires, with more and more communities worried about rising electricity bills and the strain on water and land.

From Barron's ● Sep. 29, 2026

Fellow lodgers at his New York City boardinghouse worried as the typically cheerful, young Fairbanks grew gloomy and distracted.

From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock

Quotable: “While no confidential information was compromised, and the service of our statistical site was not disrupted, this incident represents an extremely worrying fundamental breakdown in AI containment,” according to a spokeswoman for U.N.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026

These worrying signals keep coming, according to Jonathan Krinsky, technical analyst at BTIG.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 28, 2026

"It's extremely worrying that ambulances are having to be diverted, in some cases hundreds of miles, to the Highlands and Tayside. This simply should not be happening."

From BBC ● Sep. 27, 2026

The MP for the area, Roz Savage, described the situation as "worrying".

From Barron's ● Sep. 27, 2026

Recently, I haven’t been able to stop worrying that Journey is a much better rover than me.

From "A Rover's Story" by Jasmine Warga




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