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Recent Examples of uptight His workarounds are ingenious and very funny, and his biggest changes see a playful inversion of traditionally uptight Asian stereotypes. Damon Wise, Deadline, 27 Jan. 2025 Dreux and Alyssa have what looks like a familiar dynamic: Dreux the uptight one in search of control, Alyssa the loosey-goosey one urging her friend to worry less. Alison Willmore, Vulture, 15 Jan. 2025 Coin Heist, adapted from Elisa Ludwig’s YA novel, follows in the footsteps of The Breakfast Club by uniting high schoolers who otherwise wouldn’t give each other the time of day: a hacker, the headmaster’s slacker son, a football phenom on a scholarship, and an uptight brainiac. Sara Netzley, EW.com, 8 Jan. 2025 During Franklin’s tenure, he’s often come across publicly as too uptight. Audrey Snyder, The Athletic, 7 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for uptight
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  • About 47 million people faced an enhanced to moderate severe storm threat from Madison, Wis., to Birmingham, Ala. Forecasters grew increasingly worried that intense thunderstorms farther south will likely bring an even greater tornado threat Saturday.
    Sean Murphy and Russ Bynum, Los Angeles Times, 15 Mar. 2025
  • That’s going to be important because many people are worried about the health of the consumer.
    Adam Sarhan, Forbes, 14 Mar. 2025
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  • Trump won't be on the ballot again, but this week had to make a lot of Republicans who will be very nervous.
    Domenico Montanaro, NPR, 14 Mar. 2025
  • Mitch [Hurwitz, the show creator] was very nervous.
    Aaron Couch, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 Mar. 2025
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  • Men’s Pro Singles Recap The venue was rocked by a huge upset on Thursday afternoon, when 16-yr old Floridian No. 40 seed John Lucian Goins shocked the No. 1 seed Ben Johns in the quarters.
    Todd Boss, Forbes, 10 Mar. 2025
  • This wasn’t easy: Florida Southern, ranked 23rd in the nation, led by as many as 12 points in the first half as the Moccasins pursued what would have been a massive upset in the world of Division II basketball.
    Walter Villa, Miami Herald, 9 Mar. 2025
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  • Jacob Tremblay plays Winston's anxious stepson Wade.
    Raja Krishnamoorthi, Newsweek, 13 Mar. 2025
  • In a time when many workers are anxious about what AI means for their roles, leaders who speak to both the potential and the limits of AI are earning deeper trust and keeping their teams engaged.
    Cheryl Robinson, Forbes, 13 Mar. 2025
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  • Some medical and public-health institutions have settled into an uneasy détente with smoking alternatives.
    Carrie Battan, The New Yorker, 10 Mar. 2025
  • Based on the Chinese novel Fengshen Yanyi (Investiture Of The Gods), the story follows a demon child raised by humans, who forms an uneasy alliance with the dragon prince, Ao Bing, in an epic battle to protect their clans.
    Liz Shackleton, Deadline, 10 Mar. 2025
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  • Which forces Plankton and his old nemesis SpongeBob (Tom Kenny) to team up to save Bikini Bottom—and possibly even repair Plankton and Karen’s troubled relationship along the way.
    Travis Bean, Forbes, 8 Mar. 2025
  • An arguably even bigger moment came in a landmark Los Angeles court case that showed how state laws had the effect of steering inexperienced and troubled teachers to public schools in the poorest neighborhoods — the ones that need the strongest teachers the most.
    U T Editorial Board, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Mar. 2025

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