scare
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“Concerned citizens are worried. We ought to try to help them, not scare the bejesus out of them.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
“We don’t think it’s a bluff,” said Citrini in its report, but it did concede Bessent understands the value of an ability to scare investors into doing his job for him.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 28, 2026
Her remarkable lack of experience may help explain why Graham didn’t scare anyone out of the race when she announced her plan to keep the seat.
From Slate ● Aug. 25, 2026
A scare occurred Saturday at Los Angeles Southwest College in San Pedro, where a loud noise triggered a stampede out of the stadium.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 23, 2026
Why did he think it was so funny to scare them?
From "I Survived Hurricane Katrina, 2005" by Lauren Tarshis
Rinse and repeat, ideally until the company is so well positioned it scares off potential rivals.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 29, 2026
“Poltergeist” was, notably, a summertime Amblin release that similarly riffed on classic creature scares — updating dusty, old ghost tropes with new ideas — much like Mitchell does with his dino-time-travel extravaganza.
From Salon ● Aug. 20, 2026
To be clear, that example about ambulances scares me, too.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 7, 2026
He has also survived health scares, notably a fall in his bathroom in 2024 that caused a brain bleed.
From Barron's ● Aug. 2, 2026
“I’m so glad to see you. Jello scares me to death these days.”
From "Julie of the Wolves" by Jean Craighead George
He was later criticised for saying he would talk to scared children in Russian during missile attacks, if that was the language they preferred.
From BBC ● Sep. 5, 2026
When I was a young adult, that’s what I was scared of.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 5, 2026
“When people talk about raising the FRA, people are often scared by that, because they think, ‘I have to work until that age,’” he said.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 2, 2026
Most slide back the next year because they’re too scared to push all of their chips into the middle.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
“I’m just not used to talking in public. I’m scared I’ll screw up, and everybody laughs at me.”
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
A series of military exercises taking place in empty buildings across the Southland are scaring residents and rattling neighbors as the sound of gunfire rings out in the dark and troops descend from helicopters.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 6, 2026
"It was just a way for them to sound smart, and I really hate that. I think we're scaring people and that's irresponsible," he said.
From Barron's ● May 27, 2026
Resident Faye Sturgess said: "Being a farming community, we're used to hearing bangs from scaring the rabbits in the fields, but this was like nothing I've ever heard."
From BBC ● May 10, 2026
Resisting AI innovation is as wrongheaded as overselling its immediate impact and needlessly scaring American workers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 21, 2026
Belet was scaring her, but we needed to learn what Ada knew.
From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda
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