terrify
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Day 1 alone might terrify an L.A. commuter: From the Pacific to Pasadena by surface streets, including miles on Santa Monica and Colorado boulevards.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 6, 2026
The backrooms seem to exist in part to terrify entrants into redirecting their energies toward better life choices.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 2026
He told Salon that equating drug traffickers with terrorist is meant to “stigmatize and terrify people.”
From Salon • Mar. 12, 2026
It seems to me that the math behind the analysis was designed to terrify, not inform.
From MarketWatch • Oct. 30, 2025
She was so small, he thought about trying to carry her instead, but decided that would not only terrify her, it would probably make him seem like the world’s biggest tool.
From "Bone Gap" by Laura Ruby
Vocabulary lists containing terrify
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