terror
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McCallum said he was concerned about AI being used to create personal content tailored to radicalizing specific individuals, or help terror groups plot their attacks.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026
This much terror and mischief and it's not Halloween for weeks yet.
From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026
The first starts with terror of the unknown and unseen but culminates in sheer pathos; the latter keeps the reader guessing: Is the creature real or merely the product of a diseased imagination?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026
Vampires are, according to legend, more known to inspire terror than laughs.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2026
Although, I doubt cones could have stopped the two-wheeled terror named Zayd from bumping into me.
From "Zara’s Rules for Record-Breaking Fun" by Hena Khan
Blumhouse Television will continue to explore the terrors of real-life monsters by expanding its “Worst Ever” franchise with “In-Laws” and “Friends.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 15, 2026
At around age 19 or 20, he began having regular night terrors and daily flashbacks to “horrific, nightmarish things.”
From Slate ● Sep. 22, 2026
Now adults, they talk of growing up with night terrors and the burden of constantly being seen as victims of a historic disaster.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026
This has been true for a very long time and remains true at a time of compounding terrors, crimes and disappointments.
From Salon ● May 14, 2026
She was awake, but the terrors were clinging.
From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor
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