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Noun
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Tools are specifically tailored to the experiences of a performer such as getting in and out of character, managing stage fright, and coping with rejection and job uncertainty.—
Cathy Applefeld Olson,
Forbes.com,
13 Aug. 2025 -
The company expects these pressures to persist through the rest of the year, adding to operational uncertainty.—
Reuters,
CNN Money,
12 Aug. 2025
Noun
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There is little doubt that this is a rapidly developing field and that there are tremendous upsides to be had, but at the same time, regrettably, hidden risks and outright gotchas come into these endeavors too.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
8 Aug. 2025
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In 1667, further doubts arose as to whether those aforementioned children should be made free by baptism into Christianity.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
7 Aug. 2025
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That’s not to say there’s a great deal of suspense surrounding this category, because there most definitely is not.—
Team TVLine,
TVLine,
12 Aug. 2025
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But because most of the films are first and foremost suspense stories about surviving the Xenomorphs, these ideas are often teased only briefly, leaving fans of the franchise to fill in the gaps on their own.—
Alan Sepinwall,
Rolling Stone,
12 Aug. 2025
Noun
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That feeling of dread is really only a response to our dread as to what humans are capable of.—
Lily Ford,
HollywoodReporter,
11 Aug. 2025
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Right now, a legislator, even Anwar, spending time in prison adds to the whispers of dread circulating around Hartford.—
Kevin Rennie,
Hartford Courant,
9 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Beneath this cinematic setting, Rochelle and Amira’s relationship is full of angst: one because Amira is Rochelle's academic rival, and two because Amira is now also her boss.—
Lynnette Nicholas,
Parents,
14 Aug. 2025
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The unsettled state budget is the source of a lot of angst for school administrators this year.—
Lily Altavena,
Freep.com,
14 Aug. 2025
Noun
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For Kent, the torment has lasted so long that well-wishers have begun to sound disingenuous.—
Carolyn Wells,
Longreads,
25 June 2025
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Rhapsody jockeys with agony, beatitude with torment.—
Matthew Gavin Frank
June 12,
Literary Hub,
12 June 2025
Noun
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Andrew Skeet and Nathan Klein’s orchestral original score sets an appropriate tone of mournful foreboding.—
Dennis Harvey,
Variety,
7 June 2025
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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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This is the combustible force fueling upsets of establishment leaders on both sides of the aisle.—
Preston Fore,
Fortune,
8 Aug. 2025
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Other big upsets included 12-seed Man on the Moo (Darkness) over 5-seed Symphony (Big Ash), a former bracket-winning brewery, and 11-seed Girl Next Door (Wooden Cask) over 6-seed Little Kings.—
Rasputin Todd,
The Enquirer,
2 July 2025
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