scare
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Soaring candy prices have many Americans looking to scare up some extra value during what has been an already expensive year.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 30, 2026
A lot has changed for football managers over the past few decades but Vincent Kompany's recent health scare was a reminder it is still an all-consuming occupation that takes its toll physically and mentally.
From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2026
Times when the stock market has a big scare that resolves quickly seem to inspire exceptional risk-taking behavior once the smoke clears.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2026
Romano says anyone can audition to be a scare actor and recommends checking the Thirteenth Floor website for more information.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 26, 2026
I was afraid my sizable appetite might scare her off.
From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan
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And October didn’t content itself with those scares.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 30, 2026
Get ready to buy the scares in the coming weeks, investment strategy firm Yardeni Research has advised.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 26, 2026
But just as sales picked up, food-safety scares tied to lettuce and jalapeños ate into demand in the restaurant sector.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026
A fifth win in six league games put Mikel Arteta's side level on points with leaders Manchester City, but their title defence has certainly not been without its scares so far.
From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2026
‘It scares me when I see one on the street.’
From "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers
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"The whole country is behind her to show that now Venezuela isn't scared."
From BBC ● Oct. 27, 2026
Hart’s “Meeting Ourselves” is woozy and vaguely threatening, with lines like “Don’t be scared / Open the door” bringing to mind a shadowy Lewis Carroll adventure.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 2026
Ron says I’m inventing reasons because I’m scared of change.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 24, 2026
"I'm scared because we have been hearing about the news, the way people are dying in the Congo," Patrick Akwongu, 61, who flew in from Italy with a layover in Addis Ababa told AFP.
From Barron's ● Oct. 22, 2026
I wouldn’t have been more scared if someone had thrown a crosscut saw at me.
From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls
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Investment in artificial intelligence is driving our economy and the markets but it’s also doing something else … scaring the hell out of people.
From Slate ● Oct. 27, 2026
The picture above was taken by a man who posted on social media about "morons on electric bikes" scaring a nearby horse, external as they rode illegally on public footpaths.
From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026
“They’re scaring people, saying Russia is going to start a war. It’s stupid,” he said, as he walked along the Narva River.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026
A series of military exercises taking place in empty buildings across the Southland are scaring residents and rattling neighbors as the sound of gunfire rings out in the dark and troops descend from helicopters.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 6, 2026
In order to avoid scaring them, I walked back to the path and headed toward them.
From "A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier" by Ishmael Beah
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