terrified
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“Certainly, every major corporation is terrified to touch these things.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Jul. 9, 2026
For almost my entire adult life, I’d been in therapy, but it was couples therapy with David where I felt supported enough to admit, first to myself, that I’d been terrified of being fully myself.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 3, 2026
They are terrified of looking bad to clients.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 26, 2026
The point of mass surveillance in the kind of Larry Ellison sense — “you’re always being watched, so you’re on your best behavior” — is that you’re always terrified into compliance.
From Salon • Jun. 22, 2026
Through the flickering flames, I see my brother’s and my best friend’s terrified faces.
From "The Manifestor Prophecy" by Angie Thomas
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