scary
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Once he’s managed to hurl himself past the surf to rest atop an underwater cliff, the darkness below is as scary as if we’d regressed into primordial prey.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 15, 2026
If Peacock’s huge selection of scary movies, from Universal classics to Blumhouse additions, is the reason you subscribe, then consider Shudder.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026
It’s a film for anyone who has put aside their desires and told themselves it’s too late or too scary to try something new.
From Salon ● Oct. 12, 2026
Tarrant said he was also aware of AI being used to impersonate his voice in messages and videos and it was "scary".
From BBC ● Oct. 11, 2026
“Alex, I understand why this is so scary, but you are doing a good thing. You are helping these people. Why not give them the opportunity to help you?”
From "Not Nothing" by Gayle Forman
"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
The only thing scarier is the thought that Les Bleus haven’t yet hit their ceiling.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 1, 2026
What seems scarier: the body going or the mind going?
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 26, 2026
He had his head shaved, and that made him scarier.
From "Everything Sad Is Untrue" by Daniel Nayeri
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
“And I think that’s the scariest thing of all.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 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
“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
“That was the scariest sight I ever seen in all my born days,” Herbert Spencer said.
From "Stella by Starlight" by Sharon M. Draper
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