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  • The negative is that powerful, and it tends to be our default, part of the survival worrywort instinct we know and don't exactly love.

    Does Pursuing Our Passions Really Make Us Happier? Joe Robinson 2011

  • Marsh has been altered by a previous encounter with two doctors whippet thin George Lynn and tubby worrywort S.

    Queerwolfery Arbogast 2007

  • Just how and why being a worrywort, touchy, or moody affects health is not known.

    Being Neurotic Can Kill You Field Notes 2007

  • Just how and why being a worrywort, touchy, or moody affects health is not known.

    Archive 2007-04-01 Field Notes 2007

  • "Stop being such a worrywort," Wendy often ordered.

    The Bonesetter's Daughter TAN, Amy 2001

  • Hatched by Houston investment banker and Peak Oil worrywort Matt Simmons, here's the gist: 1. build the world's biggest windfarm off the windy coast of Maine.

    Energy Bulletin - kristinsponsler 2010

  • He's an emotional, family-oriented worrywort who tags along to make sure she's safe.

    Written World Ragnell 2010

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