fear
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Nor do you want to alienate anyone for fear of it somehow affecting your child.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 6, 2026
She asked the BBC to not use her real name out of fear it could impact a pending case to extend her green card.
From BBC ● Sep. 5, 2026
The airstrikes have instilled deep fear in Ecuadoran fishermen.
From Barron's ● Sep. 4, 2026
The next fear cited is that credit markets are “priced for perfection,” according to Watling.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 4, 2026
He worried about gossip, “I was unwilling to call upon you to.night for fear of talk.”
From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock
That question had brought Orduno, 25, to a community meeting opposing a possible data center here, and her fears, she said, likely would influence her vote in the midterm election too.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 6, 2026
Stocks rose Friday and government yields held their losses after comments from top Federal Reserve officials tempered fears that the central bank would hike interest rates at its meeting this month.
From Barron's ● Sep. 4, 2026
The surge in government bond yields that has alarmed investors may reverse itself has cyclical forces overwhelm fears over the sustainability of debt, one strategist argues on Thursday.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026
But there are fears that this will still act as an inflationary trigger for fees and wages across the continent.
From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026
“Any whey-blooded pudding-guts who fears to stand with you will have me to deal with!”
From "The Black Cauldron" by Lloyd Alexander
The city plunged into eight months of public finger-pointing and panic over a property-tax increase some feared they couldn’t afford.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 6, 2026
He feared that he might lose another son — or a grandchild — in the process.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 6, 2026
More than 80 people, including a baby, are feared to have died in a boat which was adrift in the Atlantic Ocean for 27 days.
From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026
Nepali rescuers, aided by experts from India, China and South Korea, continue searching for survivors feared trapped inside hydropower tunnels, but teams have repeatedly hit dead ends, and no one has been confirmed alive.
From Barron's ● Sep. 3, 2026
States with small populations feared that large states would be too powerful and overwhelm them if votes were based on population alone.
From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis
Ciara, another community worker, responded to a call from four Sudanese women fearing that their home would be targeted.
From BBC ● Aug. 22, 2026
Another factor, according to a former Navy operations officer, is that some of the usual local vendors, especially of fresh food, cut back their supplies, fearing that they too would be attacked by Iran.
From Slate ● Aug. 19, 2026
“Investors were fearing a growth slowdown. By boosting its revenue guidance through inorganic growth, Adyen gave the market the number it wanted to see,” de Villeneuve says.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
Employers sometimes err on the side of caution, fearing lawsuits, and try to avoid terminating anyone on a job-protected leave.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026
I brushed her head away, fearing infection, but she persisted.
From "Woodsong" by Gary Paulsen
