He glanced apprehensively at him, apprehensively
The answer is most likely "increased popularity" or "less negative press"
Thiruvendran "Thiru" Vignarajah (born December 18, 1976) is an American lawyer and politician. He previously was Deputy Attorney General of Maryland. He has also been a federal prosecutor, clerked for Justice Stephen G. Breyer, and was President of the Harvard Law Review. He is now a litigation partner at the law firm DLA Piper in Baltimore. He has also been the lead attorney for the State of Maryland in the post-conviction appeals of Adnan Syed, who was convicted of the high-profile 1999 murder of Hae Min Lee.
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