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He now tries to avoid supermarkets, with the incident leaving him feeling "anxious and fearful".

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“People are really fearful about what they don’t know,” said Todd Terrazas, co-founder of FBRC.ai.

During the first four years of the Trump presidency, police in L.A. and elsewhere reported decreases in reporting of even serious crimes such as domestic abuse, which some experts saw as a sign that people had become fearful of calling law enforcement.

“When voters are frustrated, when voters are fearful, criminal justice reform is an easy target to exploit that fear and frustration,” she said.

Labour London Mayor Sadiq Khan, who has repeatedly clashed with Trump, said many Londoners would feel "anxious" and "fearful" about what the outcome of the election would mean for democracy, women's rights, the Middle East, Ukraine or tackling the climate crisis.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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