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Even lawmakers who are pro-choice can get scared if the state house margins are tight.
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Susan Rinkunas, refinery29.com, 28 Oct. 2024
The duo then get scared by a wolverine before running into a scary band.
—Rachel Burchfield, Peoplemag, 27 Sep. 2024
Both the 90s version of this show and the 2019 reboot use the anthology storytelling method to creep out viewers and inspire kids to one-up each other's narrative skills, while trying not to get scared themselves–or worse.
—Devonne Goode, Parents, 5 Sep. 2024
The animals not only get scared, but could also escape enclosures and suffer the consequences of misused explosives, including burns and scars.
—Lauren Ferrer, Sun Sentinel, 1 July 2024
Best joke of the bit: wondering if gingerbread men get scared that gingerbread houses are made of their own skin.
—Omar L. Gallaga, Los Angeles Times, 10 Dec. 2023
Most people get scared to death walking on stage in front of 20,000 people.
—George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Sep. 2023
If there’s a terrible variant, people get scared and huddle inside.
—Haleluya Hadero, Chicago Tribune, 13 June 2022
Jennifer Vonk, a comparative psychologist at Oakland University who didn’t contribute to the study, tells National Geographic that experiments with cats are harder, because they aren’t easily trained and often get scared in new environments.
—Will Sullivan, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 Oct. 2022
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Susan Rinkunas, refinery29.com, 28 Oct. 2024
The duo then get scared by a wolverine before running into a scary band.
—Rachel Burchfield, Peoplemag, 27 Sep. 2024
Both the 90s version of this show and the 2019 reboot use the anthology storytelling method to creep out viewers and inspire kids to one-up each other's narrative skills, while trying not to get scared themselves–or worse.
—Devonne Goode, Parents, 5 Sep. 2024
The animals not only get scared, but could also escape enclosures and suffer the consequences of misused explosives, including burns and scars.
—Lauren Ferrer, Sun Sentinel, 1 July 2024
Best joke of the bit: wondering if gingerbread men get scared that gingerbread houses are made of their own skin.
—Omar L. Gallaga, Los Angeles Times, 10 Dec. 2023
Most people get scared to death walking on stage in front of 20,000 people.
—George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Sep. 2023
If there’s a terrible variant, people get scared and huddle inside.
—Haleluya Hadero, Chicago Tribune, 13 June 2022
Jennifer Vonk, a comparative psychologist at Oakland University who didn’t contribute to the study, tells National Geographic that experiments with cats are harder, because they aren’t easily trained and often get scared in new environments.
—Will Sullivan, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 Oct. 2022
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“Get scared.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/get%20scared. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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