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"We feel responsible for starting to inform society about the rapid and dynamic technological changes which personally frighten us," he told AFP.

From Barron's ● Sep. 7, 2026

Fireworks can frighten animals and send them scattering, but Jackie and Shadow’s eaglets apparently are made of sterner stuff.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 6, 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

He thought, now he won’t be able to frighten me, he won’t be leader any more.

From "I'm the King of the Castle" by Susan Hill

“This is art that both frightens and inspires.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

"I would need to take two trains, taking my Zimmer frame and everything else I need. It just frightens me."

From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2026

What frightens scientists more than the sheer numbers are that the cuts are arbitrary and manifestly pernicious.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 11, 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

It is not only the size of these redwoods but their strangeness that frightens them.

From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck

After some of the attacks, Weinberg would ask the frightened women to speak with other potential models who were nervous about letting him photograph them, according to the February court filing.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

Back in Matla, Bamita's mother speaks about the child who would ask for money for snacks, play with her sister and run inside whenever cars approached because vehicles frightened her.

From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026

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

Raik, the former mayor, said the sound of drones initially frightened her, but now she’s gotten used to it.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026

Nanuq was frightened and hurt, just like they were, and now he was doing what they’d been doing all along: running home.

From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz

This aspect mirrors a frightening contemporary pattern reflected in the Cornell case, in which an alleged Snapchat thread from the Chi Phi house is presented as evidence.

From Salon ● Oct. 2, 2026

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

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 28, 2026

Natalie said she found the response "disappointing", adding: "I think a lot of people are already frightened and it's more frightening not knowing."

From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026

That makes it seem so tame, but it’s so, so frightening.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 14, 2026

For some, the guerrillas—who are meant to protect the people from invaders—are a frightening force themselves.

From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly