scary
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"It can get scary, and there's pressure for your next thing," he added.
From Barron's ● Sep. 13, 2026
“Initially it had kind of a scary smile, so we went with a more pensive expression.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 12, 2026
"Towards the end, he could finish my sentences. He knew what I was thinking – it was nice, but scary at the same time."
From BBC ● Sep. 10, 2026
Nor have bond market moves this year been anywhere near as scary as they have been in the past.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 10, 2026
That would be scary, but Jonah was braced for it.
From "Found" by Margaret Peterson Haddix
"They did it autonomously, without any human encouragement. They chose to go on this hacking spree. It was the combination of things getting faster and things also getting scarier," Coxon said.
From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2026
Did anything else happen today that is extremely relevant to this topic but in a much scarier way?
From Slate ● Aug. 4, 2026
Hannah once said: “I know a dark alley is scary. But I’ll tell you, there’s no scarier place than a country road at night when the sky’s gone full dark and no stars.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 16, 2026
“What’s even scarier than the skepticism around actual AI is that a lot of people are assuming real stuff is AI.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 6, 2026
Real life is scarier than any movie I've ever seen and all the movies my mother never let me see.
From "The Sky at Our Feet" by Nadia Hashimi
"And the scariest thing is for the children. My children are just very afraid."
From Barron's ● Jul. 9, 2026
American Biles, the most decorated gymnast of all time, made a series of Instagram story posts about "one of, if not the scariest experience of my life" and said she was resting in bed.
From BBC ● Jun. 7, 2026
For any other professional golfer, the scariest part about Scheffler and McIlroy is how they can outpace the competition even when they’re playing below form.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 13, 2026
Without my boyfriend’s paycheck buffering our vibes-based accounting, it was time to face the scariest part of managing your money: the spending audit.
From MarketWatch ● Mar. 31, 2026
“Bridge, it’s not funny. It was really awful. It was the scariest day of my life.”
From "Goodbye Stranger" by Rebecca Stead
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Unit 18, Lesson 1
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