terrified
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A leading emergency doctor has said she is "completely terrified" about upcoming winter pressures on Scotland's already-stretched NHS.
From BBC ● Oct. 11, 2026
“You’ll either be terrified and run for the hills or you’ll see the beauty in all of it,” Kelly shared on “The Drew Barrymore Show” in November 2025.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2026
Mohammed, a 33-year-old charity worker who fled from Mocha to Aden, told AFP on Tuesday that "people there are terrified".
From Barron's ● Oct. 7, 2026
I was terrified I would return to prison.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
He thought of his father and grandfather, waiting, perhaps angry, perhaps terrified and panicking, for his return.
From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell
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