fright

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The rapper and singer will.i.am has played hundreds of shows and sold millions of records, but his latest debut—as a professor of a college class about artificial intelligence—gave him stage fright.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 18, 2026

The stock briefly fell below $400 last week as investors took fright at its annual guidance for around $190 billion in capital spending.

From Barron's • May 4, 2026

From an early age, Small suffered debilitating stage fright.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026

But the escalations over the weekend, alongside scenes of destruction of energy infrastructure both in Iran and across the Gulf, saw the markets take rapid fright.

From BBC • Mar. 8, 2026

Spurred on by the energy of fright it careered off like a runaway juggernaut.

From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques