fret

The South fretted about the North’s larger population and the Yankees’ political clout.

Had I looked at the screen instead of fretting I would have seen that truck was going to turn.

Brussels frets about other EU member states now potentially rushing to secure good bilateral relations with Trump at the expense of unity.

Do not fret — though this is undoubtedly a fraught time, you can always rely on home-y, warming comfort food for a bit of the pleasure found in a familiar bite.

In fact, it is because I know how easily I could be lulled into another glazed-eyed week fretting over outstanding ballots in Philadelphia or Phoenix that I am staking out my position early, and publicly.