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frighten

[frahyt-n] / ˈfraɪt n /


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"We feel responsible for starting to inform society about the rapid and dynamic technological changes which personally frighten us," he told AFP.

From Barron's ● Sep. 7, 2026

The alerts didn’t frighten her as much as before, she said, and her fears about the future have eased.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 2, 2026

“They tell you to alert the bear to make sure you don’t frighten it. I called, ‘Hey bear!

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 7, 2026

"Until yesterday, I never thought there would be something that would frighten me of going back to Liverpool after the break. Team-mates come and go but not like this," Salah posted last summer.

From BBC ● May 23, 2026

I couldn’t bear to frighten the trembling animal away.

From "Willodeen" by Katherine Applegate

What frightens Ms. Stern most isn’t simply that the AfD might become stronger.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026

It frightens me how painfully ironic it feels to cover a film about my industry’s demise when it was “The Devil Wears Prada” that pointed me here in the first place.

From Salon ● May 1, 2026

I’m not here to persuade you to fly if it frightens you that much.

From MarketWatch ● Apr. 9, 2026

"If you are outspoken, black, and playing to that kind of level and not caring, that frightens certain people," said Wright, who scored nine goals in 33 England appearances.

From BBC ● Nov. 20, 2025

“The night frightens me. He could have been a bear. Tuve miedo—I was afraid,” the soldier admitted, seeming to cower from Amari’s words.

From "Copper Sun" by Sharon M. Draper

After some of the attacks, Weinberg would ask the frightened women to speak with other potential models who were nervous about letting him photograph them, according to the February court filing.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

But despite the typos and inconsistencies in the emails, I understood how such an unsophisticated scam might actually be effective if the mark was sufficiently confused—or frightened.

From Slate ● Sep. 22, 2026

A video from the scene released by prosecutors shows animals doubled up in cages, barking and frightened, and over a dozen cats held in a fenced area.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2026

Jacob Coxon, an AI researcher who quit Anthropic, told the BBC this weekend that staff developing the systems were "genuinely frightened" for the future of humanity.

From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2026

The new sled flew like a frightened bird.

From "Black Star, Bright Dawn" by Scott O'Dell

She then considered a frightening explanation when her mother detected a funny taste to the water she kept in a bottle at her desk at Berkeley Engineering and Research.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2026

The idea of runaway doom is one of those fun and frightening pictures that survive only in the moment between dreaming and waking.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

Jeremy Allen White finds the power of social media frightening -- an anxiety he's now confronting in his latest film.

From Barron's ● Oct. 7, 2026

However, the first few months in Biles’ long-awaited dream home have also included a frightening chapter.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 28, 2026

As frightening as the sights and sounds around Isaac must have been, perhaps even more terrifying for his parents was the uncertainty.

From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis


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