Example Sentences

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Citizens go about their days, anxieties bleeding into their behaviors, trying to wrestle some control from a world that offers them none.

From Salon • Jun. 13, 2026

These anxieties have been reflected in the benchmark pricing of tokens.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 11, 2026

But by steering the live-action Prime Video adaptation directly into the anxieties of the zeitgeist, showrunner Eric Kripke has transformed the superhero satire into a terrifying tale about the perils of authoritarianism.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026

Consumers are worried and geopolitics are unsettled, but artificial intelligence is enough to power indexes past those anxieties.

From Barron's • May 26, 2026

The high-cheating holidays are fraught with miscellaneous anxieties and the high expectations of loved ones.

From "Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything" by Steven D. Levitt