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a feeling of guilt, doubt, worry, etc., that you have after you have decided to do something or after something has happened
After she agreed to lend him the money, she had second thoughts. She was having second thoughts about getting married.
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Sean Westwood, a government professor at Dartmouth College and director of the Polarization Research Lab, raised doubts about the study’s methodology.—
Brendan Rascius,
Miami Herald,
26 Sep. 2025 -
Recall the rise of Koo (6-2, 180) the next time the doubts come up.—
Dan Albano,
Oc Register,
26 Sep. 2025
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Yes, the point difference was largely due to special teams misgivings, but Canales’ situational choices led to some of those miscues.—
Mike Kaye
September 28,
Charlotte Observer,
28 Sep. 2025
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Some House Republicans are expressing similar misgivings with the direction the country is headed, warning that Kennedy’s ascension to the top of the HHS threatens to undermine a decades-old trust in vaccines that experts say have saved countless lives.—
Mike Lillis,
The Hill,
10 Sep. 2025
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