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Noun
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Where uncertainty is the only certainty, clinging to perfection and fearing mistakes damages credibility.—
Expert Panel®,
Forbes.com,
26 June 2025 -
The dollar, already weakened by tariffs and policy uncertainty, fell to a three-year low on the row, the Financial Times reported.—
Tom Chivers,
semafor.com,
26 June 2025
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There is no doubt that the strike will be recorded as one of the most successful strategic bombing operations in history.—
David Hambling,
Forbes.com,
23 June 2025
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There's no doubt whoever comes out of this liberal rat race will be sent packing when Iowans re-elect America First fighter Mariannette Miller-Meeks next fall.—
Andrew Stanton,
MSNBC Newsweek,
23 June 2025
Noun
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Beyond the blood and suspense, however, Jaws was a deeply psychological film.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes.com,
17 June 2025
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Echo Valley feels in need of an additional twist, or one fewer — to either commit to being foremost a drama about addiction or to go harder into the suspense, rather than ending up an awkward hybrid of the two.—
Alison Willmore,
Vulture,
12 June 2025
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The fear is more like a soft surge of dread, as if my synapses had been been rewired to the thrusting strings of John Williams' famous theme.—
Tom Gliatto,
People.com,
21 June 2025
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Feelings on the ground range from dread to determination.—
Amir Daftari,
MSNBC Newsweek,
20 June 2025
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The late angst about a Mamdani win suggests another possible five-way contest: Mamdani as the Democratic nominee, and Cuomo as the nominee of his Fight and Deliver Party.—
David Weigel,
semafor.com,
23 June 2025
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As for this day’s roundup, lotsa pieces in the air without a lot of angst.—
Murat Ates,
New York Times,
21 June 2025
Noun
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District loses appeal, must pay $1 million for El Segundo middle schooler’s year of torment.—
Andrew J. Campa,
Los Angeles Times,
22 June 2025
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Aside from Howard Hughes, Enzo Ferrari was Mann’s white whale: a fastidious man who was excellent at his job and attempted to bury—yet was consumed by—overwhelming emotional torment.—
Paul A. Thompson,
Pitchfork,
20 June 2025
Noun
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Early in President Donald Trump’s second term, European leaders and many U.S. defense and security experts were anticipating this week’s NATO summit with foreboding.—
Howard LaFranchi,
Christian Science Monitor,
23 June 2025
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The series has so much escapist potential in its initial episodes, poking at the absurdities of abundant wealth and ladling in so much silly foreboding, only to squander it because the series is unable to create anything resembling an emotional payoff.—
Nina Metz,
Chicago Tribune,
22 May 2025
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Ultimately, Mamdani’s victory is likely to go down as one of the most stunning upsets in recent history.—
Jared Gans,
The Hill,
25 June 2025
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That’s where normalcy stopped, as the first day of action brought us one of the biggest upsets in the history of the tour.—
Todd Boss,
Forbes.com,
23 June 2025
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