fright

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The rapper and singer will.i.am has played hundreds of shows and sold millions of records, but his latest debut—as a professor of a college class about artificial intelligence—gave him stage fright.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 18, 2026

The stock briefly fell below $400 last week as investors took fright at its annual guidance for around $190 billion in capital spending.

From Barron's • May 4, 2026

He comes over laughing, pulls up to me, looks at my monitor, gives me stage fright, then elbows me and says, “You sure you want to frame it like that?”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 17, 2026

Noa-Rose's parents remember vividly holding the "lifeless" youngster in their arms, and the look of fright in the doctor's eyes.

From BBC • Mar. 26, 2026

“I imagine they want to get out of it as soon as they can. They got a bad fright in the storm we’ve just been through.”

From "James and the Giant Peach" by Roald Dahl