fearsome
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October has a fearsome reputation for stock-market tumult, largely due to a handful of notoriously grim selloffs.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 4, 2026
The speed of my spinning nunchucks wasn’t nearly as fearsome as the flapping of my upper arm flab.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026
From the new world, a bird-shaped jar wears women’s attire from the Moche culture and a bottle is emblazoned with a fearsome fox warrior.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026
His bouncer to dismiss Babar Azam on day four was a throwback of Archer's fearsome debut on the same ground.
From BBC ● Aug. 30, 2026
We are, perhaps, not the world’s most fearsome army.
From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin
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