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is scaring

  • present progressive
    of scare (3rd person singular).
    scare
    verb (used with object)
    to fill, especially suddenly, with fear or terror; frighten; alarm.

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He noted that the conversion of Shelby Park into a kind of conflict zone is scaring off people from visiting the downtown area.

From Slate ● Jan. 31, 2024

Michael Wilson, principal of the Magic City Acceptance Academy, told Alabama.com that James' ad is "scaring the hell out of our kids."

From Salon ● Apr. 15, 2022

“PFAS in Michigan is scaring people more than the Flint water crisis.”

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 7, 2018

“He is scaring my children and me,” a fourth woman said.

From New York Times ● Mar. 28, 2018

Michael, your desperate deportment is scaring my tenants along the way!

From Cardigan by Robert W. (Robert William) Chambers