scary
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Though ECT is far less scary than it might sound, most of us probably don’t need to get electrocuted.
From Slate ● Nov. 11, 2026
Tetiana admits it can be scary but explains how she felt compelled to help her country, abandoning her dreams of becoming an opera singer.
From BBC ● Nov. 10, 2026
In second place sat a far-less scary beast: "The Cat in the Hat."
From Barron's ● Nov. 8, 2026
Those are scary numbers, but even a milder job shock would hit the people who make the lion’s share of retirement contributions.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 5, 2026
If Sam happened to see scary monsters, for example, he could flash dit dit dit; dah dah dah; dit dit dit to Gertrustein, and she would save him.
From "All About Sam" by Lois Lowry
Simons: Given their two histories, it does make sense that this would be scarier to her, and that she would run away.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2026
And they’re watching Chinese rivals, which aren’t in the U.S. yet, become a scarier threat.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 3, 2026
"They did it autonomously, without any human encouragement. They chose to go on this hacking spree. It was the combination of things getting faster and things also getting scarier," Coxon said.
From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2026
Did anything else happen today that is extremely relevant to this topic but in a much scarier way?
From Slate ● Aug. 4, 2026
Way scarier than how it felt coming here with Mom.
From "The First Rule of Punk" by Celia C. Pérez
You can’t depend on it as a kind of law-enforcing mechanism, and that may be the scariest thing of all.
From Salon ● Oct. 16, 2026
“This was one of, if not the scariest experience of my life. Especially since Jonathan was in Indy for practices.”
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 28, 2026
At dinners and happy hours every month, they discuss the latest and scariest AI risks.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 27, 2026
Mets interim manager Andy Green told reporters after the game that it “feels at this point in time like we’ve avoided the scariest outcomes.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2026
“The scariest part was thinking that I was imagining things. I hated doubting myself.”
From "The Way to Rio Luna" by Zoraida Cordova
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