Example Sentences

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Critics of this so-called digital asset treasury playbook have feared that Strategy and its copycats won’t be able to pay their debt or dividend obligations unless Bitcoin prices recover.

From Barron's • May 26, 2026

What we are seeing isn’t a market collapse — as some may have feared — but a natural restoration of balance.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 2, 2026

His team-mate Oscar Piastri said the cars were "not as alien as I think we might have feared" and insisted he "didn't think F1 had lost its identity at all".

From BBC • Feb. 5, 2026

And then the moment you may have feared arrives: In 1949 the first solid-bodied electric guitar is produced by the Fender Electric Instrument Co.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 19, 2025

What I should have feared was the damage unseen, what she wouldn’t end up crying over or even speaking about in our last good year.

From "Native Speaker" by Chang-rae Lee