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O’Brien, in fright makeup and wig, looked like Aunt Gladys, the orange-haired witch in the horror movie “Weapons.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 16, 2026

We can laugh together, cry together, scream in fright together, perhaps sit in devastated silence together.

From Salon ● Mar. 3, 2025

“Where to?” he asks, before peering into his rear-view mirror and jumping in fright as he sees that his passengers are a mangled animatronic bear and a little girl.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 27, 2023

If somebody yells, “Snake!” are you more likely to jump back in fright or say, “Ooh, where?”

From Scientific American ● Aug. 16, 2022

The woman in the uniform jumped back in fright.

From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende


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