scary
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And, if you’re a gamer but not a horror connoisseur, Nadira Goffe helpfully breaks down whether Resident Evil will be too scary for you, using Slate’s highly scientific Scaredy Scale.
From Slate ● Sep. 21, 2026
"And the more you look at it the more your attention's drawn to the negative or scary things and the worse and worse it can seem," said the 37-year-old.
From BBC ● Sep. 20, 2026
If a patient has a disc that “does look scary, then that’s a conversation,” said Dr. Teri Geist, an optometrist and president of the association.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 19, 2026
“It was scary to sit there and just know that he wasn’t with us in that moment,” Mets shortstop Francisco Lindor said after the game.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2026
Even though it can feel scary to see someone hooked up to tubes, it’s also a sign of how much help they’re receiving.
From "Clairboyance" by Kristiana Kahakauwila
Did anything else happen today that is extremely relevant to this topic but in a much scarier way?
From Slate ● Aug. 4, 2026
What seems scarier: the body going or the mind going?
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 26, 2026
Of course, a skeptic is going to tell these Knicks that their opponents have been lousy, and what’s coming—the winner of a tense Western Conference Final between San Antonio and Oklahoma City—is far scarier.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 26, 2026
On the scarier side, Wright says there's another place we can already see the combination of robotics and agentic AI: battlefield drones.
From BBC ● Apr. 7, 2026
Even though it was nighttime there was a whole different, scarier kind of dark in the shed.
From "Bud, Not Buddy" by Christopher Paul Curtis
“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
Still, he calls the initial wager “the scariest moment of my career.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 21, 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
“We’re diving under the water and grabbing these big old catfish. It was one of the scariest things I’ve ever done.”
From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026
And that’s not even the scariest thing we encounter.
From "Amari and the Night Brothers" by B.B. Alston
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Unit 18, Lesson 1
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