Thesaurus results for WORRIES

worries

verb

present tense third-person singular of worry

as in fears

to experience concern or anxiety they worried for days about whether the loan would be approved

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as in concerns

to trouble the mind of; to make uneasy those strange noises outside the house worry me

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Recent Examples of worries The second is no small consideration in a system where sponsors are sued with some regularity, and Cerulli reports that worries about fees and litigation have slowed sponsors from changing their target-date arrangements at all. — Dara-Abasi Ita, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2026 Red velvet cake, but no happy surprises Cristi McGarey’s family often worries about the impact of what has felt like an unending deployment on her 22-year-old son. — Chris Quintana, USA Today, 22 Aug. 2026 Szydlowski worries lawmakers will be similarly slow to react to threats from Meta glasses. — Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 21 Aug. 2026 But his family worries about what could happen if threats to the integration of disabled Americans continue, especially in the long run. — Jonaki Mehta, NPR, 20 Aug. 2026 When prices are so high, worries about a potential decline in overall sales are top of mind, Pohanka said. — Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune, 20 Aug. 2026 Yields worldwide had earlier climbed to heights not reached in years and, in some cases, decades, because of the jump in oil prices due to the war with Iran, worries about big and growing debts for governments and other concerns. — ABC News, 19 Aug. 2026 Manager Mary Bates worries that higher parking rates could make things more challenging for local businesses. — Marissa Armas, CBS News, 19 Aug. 2026 Unemployment worries The jobs picture may be worse than official figures suggest. — Anniek Bao,evelyn Cheng, CNBC, 17 Aug. 2026

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Billionaire investor Ray Dalio fears a debt crisis within five years, advising diversification into gold and Bitcoin to protect assets.

— Billy Bambrough, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2026
The jump in yield has been tied to a number of factors, inflation fears prominent among them.

— Jeff Cox, CNBC, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of fears

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Urgent Matter reports that the dispute concerns a preservation easement on the nineteen-story building, Frank Lloyd Wright‘s only skyscraper, completed in 1956, and located forty-five miles north of Tulsa.

— News Desk, Artforum, 19 Aug. 2026
The three-level promoter structure applies regardless of whether the change concerns a new product, new service, or internal process innovation.

— IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 17 Aug. 2026

Definition of concerns

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Friedman stresses leaders must amplify focus, enabling solitude before collaboration for creativity, and promoting active recovery over passive unwinding.

— Rodger Dean Duncan, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2026
Astorga, in turn, stresses that emotional recovery will be a long process, especially for those who remain in La Guaira living in tents or displaced from their homes.

— Sonia Osorio, Miami Herald, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of stresses

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That sequencing bothers people who’ve spent careers being told that data systems need privacy protections designed in, not bolted on after a scandal.

— Karl W. Bickel, Baltimore Sun, 25 Aug. 2026
Kurt's key takeaways What bothers me most about this scam is that criminals are going after people who may have the fewest options to protect themselves.

— Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 24 Aug. 2026

Definition of bothers

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As the industry frets about consolidation, the slow decline of entertainment on broadcast TV in favor of live sports is yet another way Hollywood’s creative class is getting squeezed.

— Alex Weprin, HollywoodReporter, 14 Aug. 2026
Kate, for her part, frets that her grieving husband is lacking male companionship.

— Inkoo Kang, New Yorker, 15 June 2026

Definition of frets

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That prospect alarms those in Europe, who fear FIFA could increasingly challenge their competitions for space on an already overcrowded calendar.

— Clemente Lisi, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026
He becomes increasingly consumed by the otherworldly dimension, which alarms his therapist, Mary (Renate Reinsve).

— Emily Blackwood, PEOPLE, 30 May 2026

Definition of alarms

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Tilling or plowing in the summer disturbs the soil's delicate ecosystem and exposes moist soil to rapid water loss.

— Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 24 June 2026
The pier in Michigan City’s Washington Park disturbs the natural flow of sand along the lakeshore, creating new land east of the pier but starving beaches to the west, an erosion problem repeated by other manmade structures that jut out into Lake Michigan.

— Doug Ross, Chicago Tribune, 15 June 2026

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