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If you’re anxious about running into problems exercising your right to vote this election, you’re not alone.

After cost concerns ended prospective bids including from Hamburg, Budapest, Boston and Rome, the IOC was anxious to secure the future of the world’s biggest event for the next decade and persuaded Los Angeles to step aside for four years.

Suddenly, people were at home all day, feeling anxious and fearful about the future and spending a lot more time online.

In this anxious environment, consumers don’t want to waste time or visit stores on the off chance they’ll find what they’re looking for.

The educational value of its products, which the company has been touting for a while, has become a major selling point for parents anxious about their kids’ education.

Months into the pandemic and its economic fallout, a lot of workers are feeling understandably anxious and insecure about the future.

Chirag Thakkar, a commissioning editor at a New Delhi–headquartered publisher, is similarly anxious.

When you try to force the opening of schools in a not-ready zone, you lose the trust of people, even ones who were anxious to reopen, or have their kids go to school.

The mass shift to remote work since the onset of Covid-19 has created plenty of problems for employees, from the rise of anxious micromanagers to aching backs from long hours working without ergonomic office chairs.

Caleigh Stanier, from Iowa City, turned off Twitter notifications, for instance, when she realized the tweets were leaving her anxious.

People are extremely anxious about the next generation,” Lake said, “and it unites America.

He said Jay was anxious and wondering why it was taking so long for the police to arrive.

A Simba commander yelled the order and anxious rebels began ricocheting bullets into the fleeing group.

Both reek of false modesty, but Deen does appear jumpy and genuinely anxious at times.

During a midterm election with a larger share of anxious, older, whiter voters, that was enough.

The unemployed have a right to be anxious about the ravages on their families exacted by their unemployment.

On the one hand, she was anxious about her colleagues knowing about her kink.

But the people of Isfahan are talking, and some are feeling decidedly anxious and worried.

Democrats have been anxious not to nationalize the election as a referendum on President Obama.

But with America in the midst of another battle abroad, the president seems anxious to enlist the help of other countries.

On Sunday, friends of Krishna Upadhyaya and Ghimire Gundev received a series of anxious text messages.

When he felt anxious or needed to think, his feet carried him, once again of their own accord, to a station.

Are they anxious about entering heaven, or anxious, as teenagers, just to try a little wine?

We were very anxious that the lighting all be practically-based.

Roosevelt, who was anxious to avoid entanglement in the affair, agreed.

Albright said that despite these restrictions, the Germans have been anxious to cooperate more with the CIA.

It was the latest in a long series of increasingly anxious cries for help.

Anxious labor activists know well that the Court has teed up a future challenge to all mandatory dues.

Now Republicans are anxious—not to change their political views, certainly, but at least to change the narrative.

I piggishly wondered, anxious for a whole new scene to conquer.

Things looked anxious for a bit, but by this morning's dawn all are dug in, cool, confident.

Then a nervous, anxious feeling that takes away my appetite, and prevents me from eating my dinner.

But I suppose, as he is my nearest relative, it is but natural he should be anxious about my health.

A little shepherdess is guiding them, as anxious to get them in as they are to enter, for this means the end of her day's work.

Mlle. Mayer had been for some time in a depressed condition, and her friends had been anxious about her.

We (the officers) were sitting in a circle round the general and Alcalde, both of whom appeared uneasy and anxious.

Although the bird people didn't know it, he was anxious to reach his grandchildren.

Dance-giving mammas were anxious to secure the success of their entertainments by obtaining the presence of "lovely Mrs. Haggard."

The leaguers were now anxious to co-operate with the Americans in compelling the Spaniards to evacuate the Archipelago.

She was curious, and the more he was silent on such topics, the more anxious she became to know the secret that he held.

I decided after anxious searching of heart to help the French by taking over some portion of their line with the Naval Brigade.

The bed threw a shadow on them both, but she could see his benevolent face, anxious and yet reassuring, rather clearly.

The latter, on his side, was anxious to retain Massna's affections, and at once offered him the command of the Army of Italy.

He became irritable, distressed, and anxious—struggled hard to get the needful sum together, struggled and strove; but failed.

But he was studious, diligent, and anxious to avoid repremands and to fulfil the expectations of his parents.

It must have been the window-panes, for he was anxious to get the most beautiful mother-of-pearl he could find.

But in spite of his popularity at home the Crown Prince had much to make him anxious abroad.

Quickly he sprang up, and with his companions made ready for the day's journey, for they were all anxious to be on their way.

Had an hour and a half's talk with de Robeck—high politics as well as our own rather anxious affairs.

Everyone expected Lexington would be the next to fall, and they were all anxious to have a hand in the affair.