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Candy prices are frighteningly high this Halloween, with consumers getting less value in their candy bags, according to commodities consultant Judy Ganes of JGanes Consulting.

From Barron's • Oct. 24, 2025

Yet he is frighteningly convincing in another extreme role.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 23, 2025

But the price they pay is frighteningly high.

From BBC • Jul. 9, 2025

This darkest of farces is also frighteningly timely.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 19, 2025

They still looked frighteningly close; he took a better grip on the vine and loosed one foot to search for a wider crack.

From "The Golden Goblet" by Eloise Jarvis McGraw