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scare

noun as in frightened state

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She described the former movie mogul as a man who would wield his formidable size as part of a larger display of power that scared people from speaking out.

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Supporting that view he notes that markets have rebounded from each AI-related scare, such as DeepSeek, as hyperscalers margins and profits are strong and AI use cases are increasingly showing up.

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When she learned of the county’s decision, “it scared me to death that they were going to pull” kratom products.

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But it is in fact an email a 40-year-old Dr Matt Morgan wrote to his wife, scared he would not survive the coronavirus pandemic on the intensive care ward at Cardiff's University Hospital of Wales.

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I’m not a financial whiz kid, but investors are trying to bring the price down so they can buy as much as possible, trying to scare the weaker hands.

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

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