fear
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The union and Canadian officials fear significant job losses unless Stellantis resumes production at the auto plant, which has been idled since 2024.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026
“She uses horror movies, in a way, to control her fear, which isn’t something that she can do in real life,” Silva said of Yamel.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 21, 2026
"There's uncertainty, there's fear... It's not just Doral, it's the whole Latino community in South Florida that's affected," he said from his office at city hall.
From Barron's ● Oct. 21, 2026
Another part of the math that impedes people from buying long-range insurance products is fear of inflation.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 20, 2026
He fought against the Pull that was now so strong that he felt it all the time, and the fear of the demon he scented on the wind.
From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver
Teachers also had to manage the fears from parents.
From Barron's ● Oct. 21, 2026
Strategist Tom Lee says investors should not shrink from the pullback in stocks surrounding AI investment fears.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2026
No country has issued an outright ban against their nationals visiting Kenya, nor have Kenyans been blocked from entering other countries over Ebola fears.
From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2026
Leading retirement researcher Wade Pfau recently weighed in on these fears on his podcast, Retire With Style, saying that many people are dissatisfied with annuities because they are comparing them to stocks.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 20, 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
“What we so greatly feared has now come to pass, and I feel the world sinking,” she wrote on Sept. 6, soon after the German invasion of Poland.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026
The cucuys are driven by being feared, but not understood.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 21, 2026
A journey to Mars may be less challenging for the human heart than scientists once feared.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 21, 2026
On trading: A feared “Black Monday” never arrived.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 20, 2026
Suddenly the market feared that Capital One wasn’t actually smarter than everyone else in their industry about making loans but simply better at hiding their losses.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
Radic said he fled, fearing he would be jailed for his journalism and could return to Serbia safely only if "the government changes".
From Barron's ● Oct. 21, 2026
At times, pilots have panicked, fearing they were running out of runway, and braked too hard, causing accidents.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2026
Here, five principles from Chin’s book on how to live more by fearing less.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026
They were nervous when they first handled the equipment, fearing they might break something.
From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2026
"Wait," Lu said, clearly fearing that his meal would be held up.
From "Ghost" by Jason Reynolds
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