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fright

noun as in extreme apprehension

noun as in horrifying or unpleasant sight

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Investors took fright that the deficit will spiral out of control and were mollified somewhat Friday morning when Britain’s Treasury leaked that rosier economic forecasts might leave her with a smaller budget gap.

Markets have swung from euphoria to fright in the space of barely a week but it’s not clear that the fundamental dynamics of the U.S. economy or corporate profits have altered all that much.

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It's fright night in the Strictly Come Dancing ballroom!

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In a memoir, “Don’t Block the Blessings,” LaBelle credits Brown for curing her stage fright.

The Fed delivered the expected cut to interest rates but it came accompanied with a bit of an unexpected fright from Powell—a warning not to count on another cut in December.

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