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scare

[skair] / skɛər /




Example Sentences

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Last-day gains didn’t stop the S&P 500 from tallying its worst first quarter since 2022 as the Iran conflict, private-credit worries and the AI ‘scare trade’ weighed on stocks in March.

From The Wall Street Journal

He's looked a bit scared in the ring at times.

From BBC

"I get scared and nervous every time I see pictures and videos of missiles in the air," she tells the BBC.

From BBC

She hasn’t been this scared of a storm since she was a kid.

From Literature

It does scare some of the new personal support workers though, which I’m betting is why his lunch dishes haven’t been cleared away yet.

From Literature