frighten
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In his speech to young people, the prime minister said he did not want to "frighten" his audience or put pressure on them.
From BBC • Apr. 4, 2026
Chinese officials first tried to frighten Ms. Takaichi off such a hawkish line with insulting rhetoric.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 24, 2026
Sanctions still hurt the targeted country, but they no longer frighten the market, especially if loosely enforced.
From Barron's • Nov. 20, 2025
Anyone claiming to know for sure is either lying, trying to frighten you into giving money, or both.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 21, 2025
Local farmers wanted to hang dead crows around the town on public buildings to frighten the others away; ornithologists said that it wouldn’t work, that the living crows would simply eat the dead ones.
From "American Gods" by Neil Gaiman
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