terrify
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Zak Brown, the chief executive officer of McLaren Racing, has called him "relentless" and likened him to a horror movie character who keeps coming back to life to terrify his victims.
From BBC • Dec. 4, 2025
Here’s the part that should terrify everyone buying “AI-powered trading systems” in 2025: Even now, with every firm on Wall Street running the same technology, Medallion still beats them.
From MarketWatch • Nov. 15, 2025
“I’ve come to view Jesus the way I’ve come to view Elvis. I love the guy, but some of the fan clubs terrify me.”
From Salon • Sep. 19, 2025
The sum effect is to silence and terrify and isolate people who need to be able to ask for help in the midst of a crisis.
From Slate • Jun. 7, 2024
Questions from South Korean bank tellers, whom they meet on field trips to open bank accounts, often terrify defectors.
From "Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West" by Blaine Harden
Vocabulary lists containing terrify
"The Gift of the Magi" by O. Henry
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