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This year, anxiety over the federal government and a wavering stock market is making people less secure in their finances, causing some tenants to move in with family or friends — leaving studio and one-bedroom apartments empty.—
Andrew J. Campa,
Los Angeles Times,
1 Feb. 2026 -
The nonprofit, formerly known as Sattvic Meals Foundation, aims to address hunger anxiety at community colleges.—
Anne Gelhaus,
Mercury News,
1 Feb. 2026
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In the canonical metaphorical example, a butterfly flaps its wings in Brazil, and the cascading sequence of atmospheric perturbations leads to a tornado in Texas.—
Dan Garisto,
Scientific American,
22 Oct. 2025
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By comparing the forward and backward series of operations, the new algorithm can see the effects of this perturbation throughout the molecule and so model the molecule as a whole.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
21 Oct. 2025
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While the Grammy winner and former Chick Corea collaborator is clearly a skilled musician, his playing at times had the choppy trepidation of a performer trying to bluff their way through a sight-read.—
Jared Kaufman,
Twin Cities,
30 Jan. 2026
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That was my only real trepidation about doing a series.—
E. Alex Jung,
Vulture,
30 Jan. 2026
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Adding to investor unease, even companies long seen as the prime beneficiaries of the AI boom are showing signs of fatigue.—
Brody Ford,
Fortune,
5 Feb. 2026
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California Democrats in Congress have stressed that the state’s elections are safe and reliable, but also started to express unease about upcoming election interference by the administration.—
Kevin Rector,
Los Angeles Times,
4 Feb. 2026
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Even in his stillest moments, Reilly hums with the restlessness of a jazz explorer.—
Brad Shoup,
Pitchfork,
24 Jan. 2026
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And that signal often shows up as restlessness or longing.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes.com,
22 Jan. 2026
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Once viewed as mere support cells for neurons, astrocytes are now thought to help tune brain circuits and thereby control overall brain state or mood — say, our level of alertness, anxiousness, or apathy.—
Ingrid Wickelgren,
Quanta Magazine,
30 Jan. 2026
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There is also a lot of anxiousness going on in my mind.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
18 Jan. 2026
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Her union organizing and political agitation didn’t help get her past gatekeepers either.—
Chadd Scott,
Forbes.com,
23 Jan. 2026
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Swish the fur through the water for no more than 10–15 minutes, avoiding excessive agitation and wringing.—
Mary Marlowe Leverette,
The Spruce,
14 Jan. 2026
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The Oslo musician’s debut album is a darkly glamorous blur of trip-hop and dance pop, with copious reverb and Auto-Tune as stand-ins for yearning, uneasiness, and irresolution.—
Kieran Press-Reynolds,
Pitchfork,
22 Jan. 2026
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Missouri’s uneasiness Some Missouri officials involved in passing their state’s proposal, in interviews with The Star on Friday, expressed general uneasiness at the onslaught of information coming out of Kansas.—
Kacen Bayless,
Kansas City Star,
19 Dec. 2025
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