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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

The alerts didn’t frighten her as much as before, she said, and her fears about the future have eased.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 2, 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

Wildlife experts say human-bear conflicts are the result of people moving deeper into the wildlands, and that bears that wander into neighborhoods are often harmless and easy to frighten.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 17, 2026

There may be things which would frighten her to hear; and yet to conceal them from her might be worse than to tell her if once she suspected that there was any concealment.

From "Dracula" by Bram Stoker

What frightens Ms. Stern most isn’t simply that the AfD might become stronger.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026

I have to admit your creativity frightens me a little.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 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

And it is this which frightens me: Who knows but that, on the lower frequencies, I speak for you?

From "Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison

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

Naomi, from Exeter, said she had been too frightened to leave.

From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026

Peta says birds can become "frightened, disoriented and panicked" in stadium environments, putting themselves and fans at risk.

From BBC ● Oct. 21, 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

Chase couldn’t tell what it was, but it frightened him so badly that he nearly sucked in a lungful of water.

From "Storm Runners" by Roland Smith

We may find our world less frightening, and we’ll be more likely to thrive.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 25, 2026

There is nothing more frightening than when the familiar starts acting strange, in movies or in life.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 19, 2026

He tells me the most frightening threat was Russian drones, piloted remotely and determined to hunt down their target.

From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2026

"The idea of a possessed and frightening mom, played by Jessica Chastain, is attracting audiences and should work around the world, before poor word-of-mouth catches up with it."

From Barron's ● Oct. 11, 2026

It was a vivid and frightening image—the drop of a barrier across Europe, a dividing line between free and communist worlds.

From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin