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frighten

[frahyt-n] / ˈfraɪt n /


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We should take the warnings of Dario Amodei, Sam Altman, Geoffrey Hinton and others seriously without allowing fears about tomorrow’s frontier systems to frighten us from responsibly using today’s technology.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 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

"Until yesterday, I never thought there would be something that would frighten me of going back to Liverpool after the break. Team-mates come and go but not like this," Salah posted last summer.

From BBC ● May 23, 2026

“My concern is about the publicizing of these kinds of incidents as a tool to frighten people,” Weiser said.

From Salon ● May 14, 2026

Deep inside, Cluny knew that even he could not frighten this oddly-garbed mouse.

From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques

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

And that frightens Gen Z. This is a reason young people are attracted to videogames—the predictable safety of digital fantasy.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2025

“Well, let’s go and talk to the others. They may not mind staying. It’s crossing they’re not going to fancy, unless something frightens them into it.”

From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams

But despite the typos and inconsistencies in the emails, I understood how such an unsophisticated scam might actually be effective if the mark was sufficiently confused—or frightened.

From Slate ● Sep. 22, 2026

A video from the scene released by prosecutors shows animals doubled up in cages, barking and frightened, and over a dozen cats held in a fenced area.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2026

Jacob Coxon told the BBC he and other staff were "genuinely frightened" about the speed of advancements and what it could mean for humanity.

From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2026

That is precisely why the NFL, and not the frightened kid, should be the one to move first.

From Salon ● Sep. 9, 2026

Wolf was so frightened that he wanted to howl.

From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver

However, the first few months in Biles’ long-awaited dream home have also included a frightening chapter.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 28, 2026

This is a very real part of life for students at historically black colleges and universities, but that doesn’t make it any less frightening.

From Salon ● Sep. 24, 2026

"This is a frightening new landscape," he said.

From BBC ● Sep. 19, 2026

It’s the ideal midnight movie, an adroit balance of the funny and the macabre, the frightening and the ridiculous.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026

The next rescue was frightening in a different way.

From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler




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