afraid

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Fuller-Seeley says that “singing ‘Who’s Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf?’ really caught on in popular culture as a way of trying to thumb your nose at the Great Depression.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 21, 2026

Afraid to spook customers, Neelakandan has listed the new shipment of journals at $18.99.

From Barron's • Dec. 24, 2025

Princess Catherine was the first royal to tell a bedtime story on the channel, reading The Owl Who Was Afraid of the Dark to mark Children's Mental Health Week in 2022.

From BBC • Dec. 4, 2025

Afraid to spend, inflation-weary shoppers are also increasingly focusing on bargains and value, companies say.

From MarketWatch • Oct. 21, 2025

"No. Afraid not. But there will be soon."

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson