petrified
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“I kinda sorta put my acting career on hold the other day. It’s been something I’ve been petrified to do for years,” Krumholtz said in a post on Threads, per Deadline.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2026
Meadows says their new team member's credentials "absolutely petrified" her and Painter initially.
From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2026
“I don’t think I’d be doing my job right if I wasn’t petrified every time I put a film out.”
From Salon ● Jul. 19, 2026
He was petrified by how much had to go right for him to excel in high school, college and then decades of working.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 25, 2026
Our eyes met as I stood, petrified, at the bottom of the stairwell.
From "Winger" by Andrew Smith
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