scare
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Werro survived an almighty scare on Thursday when she suffered a nasty fall in her semi-final, before later being reinstated in the competition.
From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026
That comes from finding common ground, not from scare ads and nasty attacks.
From Salon ● Aug. 10, 2026
News of the food-safety scare might make consumers steer clear of Chipotle restaurants temporarily, and the chain might have to run promotions to get them back, the analysts said.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 6, 2026
In addition to getting divorced after the Fox 11 job, she was later sideswiped by financial woes and a devastating health scare.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 2026
This seemed to shake some of the scare out of Mama.
From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls
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To be clear, that example about ambulances scares me, too.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 7, 2026
In the 50 years that have followed, audiences have become somewhat less susceptible to scares, but no less susceptible to phenomena.
From Salon ● Jul. 22, 2026
These patients “are having more and more and more scares, biopsies, concerns, and they feel like they already have cancer,” she said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 7, 2026
The only thing that scares it is high expectations.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 5, 2026
Bren acts like an idiot when something scares him.
From "The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora" by Pablo Cartaya
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He advises freshers to act confident - even if you're scared inside - and to put yourself out there.
From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026
But if this in any way can wake people up, can help people continue to ask questions and really question their own environments, that was something that I wasn’t scared of.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026
One passenger on the Porter Airlines plane, Aryeh Kozuch, told CBC News the child had not been unruly but had seemed scared.
From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2026
Fans, their parents and eating-disorder recovery advocates were scared, making comparisons to Karen Carpenter, the 70s musical icon who died of anorexia nervosa at 32.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
When the net flipped up out of the leaves and grass, it scared the monkeys half to death.
From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls
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Mounting piles of garbage, stagnant water and a crumbling health system fueled outbreaks of mosquito-borne illnesses, further scaring away tourists.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 27, 2026
"It was just a way for them to sound smart, and I really hate that. I think we're scaring people and that's irresponsible," he said.
From Barron's ● May 27, 2026
StepChange said this was counterproductive, scaring people who can't, rather than won't, pay.
From BBC ● Mar. 22, 2026
In horror, more is more — more gore, more jump scares, more shadowed silhouettes; all in service of scaring the viewer.
From Salon ● Mar. 15, 2026
Because I’m pretty sure only a croak would emerge, scaring him off.
From "Saints and Misfits" by S.K. Ali
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