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unease

[uhn-eez] / ʌnˈiz /




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Peet connected to the unease of not knowing how to recognize when one has become a has-been and staying open to whatever life still has to offer.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 2, 2026

I learned all of this at Columbia with growing unease.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 2, 2026

British foreign minister Yvette Cooper on Tuesday voiced unease that the war had shifted focus away from the Gaza peace plan and violence in the occupied West Bank.

From Barron's • Mar. 26, 2026

On MSNBC’s Morning Joe, host Mika Brzezinski put her head in her hands on air, a moment that quickly spread online and captured a broader sense of unease.

From Salon • Mar. 21, 2026

Now the vague unease Jinjoo had been feeling roiled in the pit of her stomach, as if she’d eaten too many boiled eggs.

From "Finding Junie Kim" by Ellen Oh