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scare

[skair] / skɛər /




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Biles opened up about the health scare in a post on her Instagram Stories, sharing an image of her wrist covered with hospital bands.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 28, 2026

Their goal is to scare the pigeons off; fatal incidents are typically accidental.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 27, 2026

But the near miss didn’t scare her away from medbeds.

From Slate ● Sep. 22, 2026

Kim Kardashian grapples with a health scare that hits close to home in a new trailer for “The Kardashians.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2026

Maybe insane is what it takes to scare away someone like Gillicut.

From "Invisible Inkling" by Emily Jenkins

"We don't do jump scares, really," said McKellan - although I can think of a few alarming times playing the game I vehemently disagreed with that statement.

From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2026

But the dramatic advancements made in AI over the last several years has finally made it something that scares people almost as much as nuclear weapons or the hand of God.

From Salon ● Sep. 16, 2026

Rinse and repeat, ideally until the company is so well positioned it scares off potential rivals.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 29, 2026

Writer-director Jacob Chase, who previously made the 2020 horror film “Come Play,” downplays gore in favor of jump scares and mildly diverting set pieces.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026

“Phew. There are a lot of pictures in your books, including one of a polar bear. It scares me to consider what might have gone missing.”

From "The Very, Very Far North" by Dan Bar-el

"A lot of chefs are being very quiet about this, and I understand that because they're sort of scared of the protesters," he said.

From Barron's ● Sep. 28, 2026

After an issue with energy deployment, Russell was scared Verstappen would pass him on the run to the line, but held on to win by just under 0.2 seconds.

From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2026

Most black bear “attacks” are actually defensive actions, and generally take place if an animal is protecting cubs, startled or scared, according to the department.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 26, 2026

As Barb watched more of her sisters repeat the same hair-raising behaviors, she grew too scared to learn the results of her own genetic test.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026

Mama came running, scared half out of her wits.

From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls

The blockade, which had effectively cut off Iran’s oil flow, was scaring Iranian VIPs.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026

"There's a level of scaring the public that needs to be taken into consideration."

From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2026

The air carrier said higher fares aren’t scaring away customers, who are prioritizing travel spend.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026

A series of military exercises taking place in empty buildings across the Southland are scaring residents and rattling neighbors as the sound of gunfire rings out in the dark and troops descend from helicopters.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 6, 2026

“I don’t know what you’re talking about. Mr. Who? You’re scaring me.”

From "The Last Last-Day-of-Summer" by Lamar Giles




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