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Recent moves also have intimidated the stock market as longer-dated Treasury yields approached levels last seen in 2007 and an index of global bond yields traded at the highest levels since 2008, according to Bloomberg.

From Barron's • May 20, 2026

However, playing Brentford would not have been a game that would have intimidated the Canaries - and so it proved.

From BBC • Nov. 7, 2021

Pressed about what he would have done differently, Mr. Trump seemed to say that his tenacity and toughness as a leader would have intimidated the terrorists from entering the country in the first place.

From New York Times • Oct. 18, 2015

One game into his streak, Kendrick replaced the injured Josh Hamilton in the cleanup spot, a move Kendrick admits may have intimidated him a few years ago.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 1, 2014

It’s dodging Autumn’s strikes easily enough, but something about her must have intimidated it.

From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer