fearful
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The Chinese government last year clamped down on what it saw as excessive competition in the EV industry, fearful that a vicious price war was hurting suppliers and contributing to the deflationary mood.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 12, 2026
His mother, fearful for her youngest son, pleaded with him to flee the country.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 7, 2026
"The experience left her extremely upset and very fearful then of being safe when moving to big school," she said.
From BBC • Jun. 1, 2026
Perhaps this data center battle, then, was just the tipping point for widely frustrated and fearful Utahns.
From Slate • Jun. 1, 2026
She was found but refused to come to Virginia—perhaps fearful of being a free black woman in a slave state.
From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis
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