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Thankful that I made it this far without fearing dying of a treatable illness because I had no insurance.

Farmers, fearing ISIS attacks, have left the city with their sheep.

I grew up in a Florida suburb, the youngest of four children raised by two loving, God-fearing, middle-class parents.

Fearing that the situation was changing rapidly, we asked the Kurdish security element accompanying us what was happening.

Hanifa and her father and mother and brother spent 10 days on the mountain, fearing for the girls, but powerless to help them.

Fearing to lose his way, he bawls over the banister, and through the corridors, “Is any one there?”

I opposed this, fearing, of course, that the French and even the Gentiles might interpret this as an affront to our faith.

There were no more sleepless nights, fearing an attack from the dreaded rebel or the volunteer.

The stainless image fearing to disturb,So faithfully reflected in my breast;As winds disturb the mirror of the lake.

The English, fearing a ruse, continued to stand to their arms till their scouts confirmed the mortifying intelligence.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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