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fear

[feer] / fɪər /




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"My work, my profits and my workforce have all been cut in half," he told AFP, adding that he was deeply troubled by the fear and family separations caused by immigration enforcement.

From Barron's ● Oct. 19, 2026

“Here we go again, she said. “We’re left without work, living in fear that the hurricane might strike with full force and we could lose everything.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 18, 2026

“We should be creating environments where they can express sadness, fear, disappointment and vulnerability without being shamed or told to ‘toughen up,’” she said.

From Salon ● Oct. 18, 2026

As a result of the negative coverage, Ali said he was "harassed for days and weeks" and his family "lived in fear".

From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2026

I must be on the Eleanor, then, I thought, and even as I felt the familiar smugness of knowing the details of this historical event inside and out, I felt a tug of fear.

From "Glitch" by Laura Martin

The AI industry has come under intense scrutiny recently over safety concerns and fears about its impact on society and the economy.

From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026

It became the subject of a series of Pogo comic strips and many commentators took the article as strictly a tongue-in-cheek comment on population fears.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 17, 2026

Rising energy and fertiliser costs are hitting smallholder farmers and driving up prices of agricultural commodities, fueling fears of a global food crisis, the head of the UN agriculture development fund told AFP.

From Barron's ● Oct. 16, 2026

The software and semiconductor sectors haven’t been trading in tandem much this year, but they collectively fell Friday as AI and interest-rate fears hit the market.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

Yet I have no fears now: what is done is done, there can be no repining.

From "Nectar in a Sieve" by Kamala Markandaya

They feared that Mountbatten-Windsor or his legal team would want to see "judicial authority" before allowing the police to enter, the documents show.

From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2026

On Thursday he said he feared clashes after what he called "urban violence" during the student protests.

From Barron's ● Oct. 16, 2026

But he feared it would only be a matter of time before his secret was discovered.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

For years, Yuan has avoided public attention, but said she recently decided to break her silence as she feared Xu could get a job at another company and go on to harm others.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2026

Harry had never come to the Beje in the daytime because he feared his yellow star would cause awkwardness for us.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom

Businesses and shops remained closed, with owners moving stock to safer locations ahead of time, fearing looting and vandalism.

From Barron's ● Oct. 4, 2026

At times, pilots have panicked, fearing they were running out of runway, and braked too hard, causing accidents.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2026

Here, five principles from Chin’s book on how to live more by fearing less.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026

They were nervous when they first handled the equipment, fearing they might break something.

From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2026

David Shoun said he thought that Bill, fearing he might die, was about to make a declaration—to reveal what he knew about the bombing and the killers.

From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann


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