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afraid

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“It was made necessary by the president’s decision to tell Republican governors that they needed to do a very rare mid-decade reapportionment ... they’re afraid of losing their majority in Congress.”

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On Saturday, the Ravens sent former Pro Bowl cornerback Jaire Alexander to the Eagles, who are never afraid to pull the trigger on a deal.

"We stopped going to our farms, afraid of clashes," he told AFP.

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Lawyers for Jimenez offered a counter narrative saying Jimenez reversed because he was afraid then unnecessarily shot in the back of his right shoulder where a bullet remains lodged.

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This also encourages the kind of wild negativity we’ve seen in the last week — such as news cycles about whether Mamdani’s aunt was afraid to ride the subway after Sept. 11.

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

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