scare

Example Sentences

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Saints were given a real scare by a Castres team who not too many people would have tipped to win away at the team sitting at the top of The Prem.

From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026

Megan Thee Stallion addressed the health scare on Instagram, calling it a “real wake-up call for me.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 1, 2026

Investing in a company constructing data centers at scale for a limited numbers of equally ambitious customers comes with “inherent risks,” BofA said, but that shouldn’t scare off investors.

From Barron's • Mar. 24, 2026

Even the recent DeepSeek scare resulted in a nearly 60% gain by the one-year mark.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 20, 2026

“That wind’s going to scare the baby right out of her,” Momma Rossi shouted above the noise.

From "Storm Runners" by Roland Smith