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frighteningly



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What made it such an effective thriller was that it all seemed so frighteningly real.

From BBC Jul. 20, 2026

It is manufactured every day—and rests on a frighteningly fragile system.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 5, 2026

But while his fever eventually lifted, frighteningly intense cognitive symptoms descended.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 14, 2026

The patchwork system that supplies blood and blood products to operating rooms, delivery suites, and ERs like mine can be frighteningly brittle.

From Slate Oct. 21, 2025

But there is frighteningly little evidence that his strategy was the crime panacea that he and the media deemed it.

From "Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything" by Steven D. Levitt




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