scare
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“Most clients don’t plan to retire at 58 or 59; they plan to retire at 65. But a health scare, a layoff, a parent who needs care — and suddenly that timeline collapses.”
From MarketWatch • May 14, 2026
Shopping malls across Southern California have also struggled to bring sales back as immigration raids continue to scare customers away.
From Los Angeles Times • May 8, 2026
But it's pretty clear that whoever it was was trying to scare them.
From BBC • May 7, 2026
The threats are “a scare tactic,” said Brianna Titone, a Democratic state representative who co-sponsored the AI legislation.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 4, 2026
“When my family got attacked, we left Boggs Ferry because we were so scared. Maybe the cucos didn’t want to hurt the council members. Maybe they just wanted to scare them,” Thorn said.
From "Witchlings" by Claribel A. Ortega
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