intimidating
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Talking about money can be intimidating — especially on a first date.
From MarketWatch • May 18, 2026
Norfolk Police earlier said a man was arrested on Wednesday after officers received a report of a man behaving in an intimidating manner in Wolferton.
From BBC • May 8, 2026
Neither side thought that clause would ever be triggered; Lesch, a big, intimidating right-hander who threw bullets from behind Coke-bottle eyeglasses, wasn’t headed to a classroom, he was going to Dodger Stadium.
From Los Angeles Times • May 4, 2026
So I followed its intimidating instructions, involving uploading files to GitHub and connecting that to Cloudflare Pages.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 3, 2026
“And he was talking to Apple. Probably intimidating her out of coming to the meeting,” said Thorn.
From "Witchlings" by Claribel A. Ortega
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