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fearsome

[feer-suhm] / ˈfɪər səm /




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He’s referring to the fearsome notion of a possible “global stilling” of air currents.

From The Wall Street Journal

A Japanese town deleted a social media post warning of a bear sighting after discovering that a picture it had received showing the fearsome creature was AI-generated.

From Barron's

Increasingly, we do so at our own peril, retreating into screens that bombard us with ever more fearsome stories of others, which causes us to retreat even further.

From The Wall Street Journal

They have a fearsome defensive front that enhances the secondary’s playmaking abilities.

From Los Angeles Times

The German U-boat force maintained a fearsome reputation.

From The Wall Street Journal