fear
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Yusuf said MPs must be able to air their views "without fear" for their lives, with his announcement coming after the death of party spokeswoman Ann Widdecombe.
From BBC ● Jul. 15, 2026
Changes in feeding, movement, and fear can spread through ecosystems, affecting grazing patterns, predator-prey relationships, and broader ecological stability.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 15, 2026
This is precisely why dedicated Letterboxd users fear a potential sale: If Netflix, Sony or Paramount gets its hands on the platform, Letterboxd is likely to go the way of everything else those companies touch.
From Salon ● Jul. 15, 2026
The game raised anew the fear that the ascendant streaming services would eventually outbid the broadcast networks for events once considered a sports fan’s birthright, such as the Super Bowl and World Series.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026
And when they were over the fear of it, they were fascinated with it.
From "Woodsong" by Gary Paulsen
Concerns about rising gasoline prices weigh on the minds of U.S. consumers and revived fears of inflation.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 15, 2026
Still, resilience across the economy over the quarter as a whole has helped ease those fears.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026
Broader concerns of overstretched valuations have also fuelled fears of a market bubble, along with questions over when the eye-watering sums being spent on AI will reap returns.
From Barron's ● Jul. 15, 2026
The personal themes he explores are exactly what you would expect from an early-20s rocker raised in the public eye — namely, relationship expectations and existential fears about the future.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 2026
Dark fears clutched Taran, as though the Lord of Annuvin himself had opened an abyss at his feet and he was hurtling downward.
From "The Book of Three" by Lloyd Alexander
However, no such slump arrived: Hiring steadied, unemployment barely moved, and the weakness officials feared faded.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026
When Kirchner vanished in November, his own comrades feared the worst.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 12, 2026
Always there he may be, but Merino himself feared he would not be fit enough to play at this World Cup.
From BBC ● Jul. 10, 2026
“The incremental cost may not be as high as feared, while the incremental high-margin revenue opportunity may be larger than we — and the Street — previously underwrote.”
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 9, 2026
But units 1 and 2, they feared, could be in danger.
From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland
The policy was only strengthened further by subsequent administrations, fearing a new international standard for targeted killings could result in unintended consequences in the halls of Washington.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 11, 2026
The company stopped short of announcing job cuts or factory closures on Thursday, despite unions fearing potential job losses.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026
His father called police days after Amen's death fearing that his son was involved.
From BBC ● Jul. 6, 2026
The European Union has ramped up efforts to make the bloc's businesses better compete with US and Chinese rivals, fearing they will fall further behind.
From Barron's ● Jul. 6, 2026
They tried to keep him surrounded, fearing that he would betray the conspiracy.
From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
