hair-raising
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The glacially carved landscape around this town on the South Island inspires myriad adventures, both tame and hair-raising.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026
The quiet was hair-raising in its own way.
From Salon ● Apr. 25, 2026
But as hair-raising as a loose wolf is for the locals, the situation may be equally fur-raising for Neukgu.
From BBC ● Apr. 15, 2026
For 15 hair-raising minutes, the pilots struggled to evade a half-dozen surface-to-air missiles, spraying countermeasures and executing a series of high-G maneuvers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 26, 2026
It would be some version of banana yellow and slightly hair-raising.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
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