petrified
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Meadows says their new team member's credentials "absolutely petrified" her and Painter initially.
From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2026
The Love Island star and campaigner said Bear's online presence left her "feeling petrified" and she feared for her safety, in a statement read to Chelmsford Crown Court.
From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2026
But executives are petrified of reducing dividends because it suggests distress.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026
Dramatizations of the several lives studied put figurative flesh on the petrified bodies of the volcano victims, and those who escaped such a fate.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026
I’m sick of being on pause, of being buried and hidden, of being petrified, in both senses of the word.
From "I'll Give You the Sun" by Jandy Nelson
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