petrified
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“I kinda sorta put my acting career on hold the other day. It’s been something I’ve been petrified to do for years,” Krumholtz said in a post on Threads, per Deadline.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2026
But executives are petrified of reducing dividends because it suggests distress.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026
Hutchison said she was "petrified" before the man - wearing just shorts - left after about a minute of arguing over who was actually in the wrong room.
From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2026
“I don’t think I’d be doing my job right if I wasn’t petrified every time I put a film out.”
From Salon ● Jul. 19, 2026
I pretended not to care, but secretly I was petrified.
From "The Princess Bride" by William Goldman
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