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The phrase "a string of worries" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a series of concerns or anxieties that someone is experiencing.
Example: "As the deadline approached, she found herself caught in a string of worries about the project's success."
Alternatives: "a chain of concerns" or "a series of anxieties."
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But I really do have a string of worries.
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With his right hand, he fiddled with a string of worry beads.
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The show was about bumbling soldiers on the Indian frontier, and that hat got quite a workout: Agarn would manhandle it like a string of worry beads when upset, be flogged with it by the Sarge for ineptitude, and so on.
In legal warnings it outlined a string of potential worries, including an ongoing court case from investors who backed a cash call before its 2008 taxpayer bailout, court cases in the US involving Libor-rigging, cases accusing the bank of funding terrorists and the risk of court cases from business customers sold interest rate swaps.
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One day, he notices the 90-year-old father of one of these men fingering his komboloi, a string of what we call worry beads.
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Jose worried a string of black beads with his fingers and chewed gum.
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