suspense
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Thomas Perry’s tough-minded heroine Jane Whitefield has been the center of nine previous works of suspense.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026
Silly but not sappy, “Project Hail Mary” doesn’t gin up much suspense over whether anything bad will happen.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 18, 2026
EFL chief executive Trevor Birch said the play-offs have become a "highlight of the domestic football calendar, capturing the drama, suspense and jeopardy that make the EFL so special".
From BBC • Mar. 5, 2026
Is it why markets are rocking, why oil shipments are cut back from the Strait of Hormuz, why the world hangs on tenterhooks of suspense over what happens next?
From Slate • Mar. 4, 2026
Imagining that all his efforts were being followed with suspense, he bit down frantically on the key with all the force he could muster.
From "The Metamorphosis" by Franz Kafka
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