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"What the regime wants is to intimidate, silence and frighten society through such pressure -- by arresting individual journalists, seizing media outlets, banning news coverage and blocking access to social media," he said.

From Barron's ● Oct. 24, 2026

When we think about old age, few scenarios frighten us more than dementia.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026

He’s a student of life as much as he is filmmaking, a humanist who forges connections with spectacular sights of the things that frighten and fascinate us the most.

From Salon ● Jun. 28, 2026

“They tell you to alert the bear to make sure you don’t frighten it. I called, ‘Hey bear!

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 7, 2026

"It would frighten you out of your skin and give you bad dreams."

From "The Witches" by Roald Dahl

“It definitely frightens me. The more famous you are, the more people there are behind you who also want and need you to do good,” Johanningmeier said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 2, 2026

It frightens me how painfully ironic it feels to cover a film about my industry’s demise when it was “The Devil Wears Prada” that pointed me here in the first place.

From Salon ● May 1, 2026

I’m not here to persuade you to fly if it frightens you that much.

From MarketWatch ● Apr. 9, 2026

"What frightens myself and my husband is what I think has happened with Fairmont," she said.

From BBC ● Mar. 2, 2026

It frightens me the way he yells and cries and sings and I wish I could be at home with my three brothers, no, my two brothers, and my mother.

From "Angela's Ashes: A Memoir" by Frank McCourt

“Anchovy Jack can run fast, jump high, and was too frightened to slow down and let anyone get close to him,” the statement read.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 3, 2026

In the story’s climax, a frightened Ichabod encounters the terrible spirit on the way home from a party—or is it Brom, playing an elaborate prank?

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2026

His attorneys had argued that the escape was instigated by a former Luster attorney who frightened him into running for his life, repeatedly telling him he’d be killed in prison.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 19, 2026

The mayor of Milan, Giuseppe Sala, said that he had witnessed "smashed shop windows, looted stores, and frightened citizens".

From Barron's ● Oct. 18, 2026

She remembered the frightened look in their eyes as they saw fire for the first time.

From "The Wild Robot Escapes" by Peter Brown

The frightening truth is that I have no clear idea where I will go or what I will do when I can no longer care for myself.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 4, 2026

Ocker’s “Chasing the Headless Horseman” pursues the origins and cultural legacy of a frightening figure who has a genesis closer to home.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2026

She said: "After working all my life I didn't expect to be constantly worrying about how to keep warm at my age. It is really quite frightening."

From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026

It’s frightening to watch someone you care for so deeply balance all that power.

From Salon ● Oct. 20, 2026

“Now don’t you say anything else frightening, Old Tim! You’ve got the children spouting nonsense. I’ll barely sleep tonight as it is, after all this talk of you know what.”

From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood