afraid
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If we lift the hood on some of these conspiracies, we can understand what people are really afraid of.
From Salon ● Oct. 15, 2026
Seham, 12, said she felt "afraid" to remove her headscarf at school "because I'd worn it for two years and it felt like a part of me".
From Barron's ● Oct. 15, 2026
Cliffe isn’t afraid to admit when he is stumped.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026
He said these patients "are literally afraid to look in the mirror anymore".
From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026
Nim was afraid that if she used the laptop she’d punch the keys right through the keyboard.
From "Nim’s Island" by Wendy Orr
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