scare
Example Sentences
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Team USA survived a scare when they went 2-1 down to the Danes in the first period when Nicholas B. Jensen scored from centre ice.
From Barron's
Rachel Mason says when she posts about TRT she finds "many women are so scared to start testosterone, they worry they will become manly, develop facial hair, lose themselves."
From BBC
Feeling scared and suffering with insomnia, Fearon retired from all sport.
From BBC
Ireland survived a major scare from Italy to claim their first win in this year's Six Nations and deny the Azzurri a first championship victory in Dublin.
From BBC
This is a solid start, but it is by no means a comprehensive list of all the stocks that have been impacted by what some have taken to calling the “AI scare trade.”
From MarketWatch
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