fearful
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Fearful that higher inflation will discourage the Federal Reserve from cutting interest rates, investors have sold off bonds in response.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 24, 2026
Fearful about the possible transfer of military-grade technology, Mr Black resigned.
From BBC • Nov. 17, 2025
Fearful that this news would become public and make him look bad, Lively claims, Baldoni’s team orchestrated a smear campaign against her with the help of a hired gun named Jed Wallace.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 8, 2025
Fearful of losing the baby, she was cautious in the early days of the pregnancy, but she sang some performances in mid-2021.
From New York Times • Dec. 20, 2023
Fearful that the skin would simply come away, she made a gentle pass, around his calf, two inches above the wound.
From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan
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