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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

Bamford, on the other hand, has made a career out of being so deeply in touch with her mind and self that it would frighten the average neurotypical viewer if it weren’t so damn funny.

From Salon ● Oct. 23, 2026

There are many risks that can frighten the bond market.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 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

“Quiet down, now. You’ll frighten the little fellow,” Mr. Morales told them.

From "The World According to Humphrey" by Betty G. Birney

“It definitely frightens me. The more famous you are, the more people there are behind you who also want and need you to do good,” Johanningmeier said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 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

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

But it’s the look in his eyes—angry yet unfocused—that frightens me the most.

From "Mockingjay" by Suzanne Collins

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

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

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

“People are frightened by a child they don’t understand,” Li writes.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2026

A frightened pig was also a fair guess, yet Penelope could swear the sound was coming from the treetops, which ruled out pigs completely.

From "The Unseen Guest" by Maryrose Wood

The frightening truth is that I have no clear idea where I will go or what I will do when I can no longer care for myself.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 4, 2026

Ask anyone, Republican or Democrat, and they’ll all say the same thing: Whatever happens is likely to be simultaneously annoying and frightening.

From Salon ● Oct. 30, 2026

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

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 25, 2026

She said: "After working all my life I didn't expect to be constantly worrying about how to keep warm at my age. It is really quite frightening."

From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026

They would have been right to have found her frightening.

From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell