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There are many risks that can frighten the bond market.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026

First used by Ottoman military "mehter" bands to frighten and demoralise the enemy, cymbals were a useful tool for an empire on the warpath.

From Barron's ● Aug. 6, 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

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 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

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

From MarketWatch ● Apr. 9, 2026

"If you are outspoken, black, and playing to that kind of level and not caring, that frightens certain people," said Wright, who scored nine goals in 33 England appearances.

From BBC ● Nov. 20, 2025

I don’t want to tell him how much the sound of the siren frightens me and brings back memories of the accident.

From "Lucky Broken Girl" by Ruth Behar

Truran is regularly stopped by strangers, many of them women in their 20s and 30s, who tell her they are "frightened of getting old" and she shows them "it's not that bad".

From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026

A woman has said she is frightened to put her heating on because the cost of domestic oil has nearly doubled.

From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026

But that’s where one frightened audience member wound up in 1980 after seeing “Friday the 13th” in a sweltering Hollywood theater.

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

The smell excited the dogs and they began to run faster, although continuing down the trail; I turned to look back from the sled and saw why the doe was frightened.

From "Woodsong" by Gary Paulsen

Nevens described the experience as "frightening" but added that the group was able to "leave safely".

From BBC ● Oct. 27, 2026

"I'm north African and it's frightening for everyone who has the same background," the 50-year-old told AFP.

From Barron's ● Oct. 23, 2026

Articles about AI are sprinkled with metaphors that evoke frightening cinematic images.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 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

Then the strange wolf stopped yip-and-yowling and advanced in frightening silence.

From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver