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Investing in a company constructing data centers at scale for a limited numbers of equally ambitious customers comes with “inherent risks,” BofA said, but that shouldn’t scare off investors.

From Barron's • Mar. 24, 2026

Losses can scare off inexperienced investors, and Zheng’s father had told her, “You cannot trust the market.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 29, 2025

Local business owners say the park’s problems scare off customers.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 25, 2025

But it may be enough to scare off a neophyte.

From Salon • Aug. 3, 2025

My staff had become a bunch of organized troublemakers to scare off some bad guys.

From "Lawn Boy Returns" by Gary Paulsen




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