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Discover LudwigThe phrase "worry around" is not grammatically correct and should not be used in written English
It is not a commonly used phrase and does not have a clear meaning. A better alternative might be "worry about" or "concern oneself with." Example: She was worrying about her upcoming presentation at work.
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There's plenty of worry around at the moment – the governor of the Bank of England is worried about the imminent recession.
In the East Gallery, we paused before a portrait of a young woman, by Goya, with an air of worry around her dark eyes, and a slump in her shoulders and her belly.
But the problem at the heart of Mr Berlusconi's Italy the commingling of power and business is a growing worry around the world.In this section Firewalls and firefights Unfixable Pemex Chasing paper profits Chrome rules the web Brain sells A washout Cronies and capitols ReprintsIn "Can Capitalism Survive?" (1947) Joseph Schumpeter argued that the answer to that question was probably "no".
The bald dome was a little more massive, the chin squarer, the nose sharper, the cheekbones more prominent, the lips taut & decisive, the lines of worry around the corners of the mouth deeper, the eyes fixed unsmiling, with their crinkles erased.
I understand the worry around mandated trigger warnings, and agree with feminists like Roxane Gay, who writes that the practice offers an illusion of safety that's not really there, and Tressie McMillan Cottom, who notes that warnings aren't affixed to the real sites of oppression on campus.
There is also a worry around how easily the databases can be accessed by potential hackers.
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But then, as the bent rims of worry turned around and around, I realized that Mother had been speaking in military euphemisms again.
"There's a lot of geopolitical worry going around at the moment," said Simon Wardell, analyst with Global Insight.
"It's a big plus to not have to worry about driving around.
This week's further easing will intensify the worries around the policy announced last spring.
"Because this one just worries around inside me — far more than the other one".
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