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• At those kinds of places, there are people who live in fear of the dinner.
  — D. T. Max, The New Yorker, 13 Sep. 2021
• Guerrero worries that the child survivors will live in fear for the rest of their lives.
  — Danielle Campoamor, NBC News, 29 May 2022
• Women in Afghanistan live in fear since the Taliban’s return to power.
  — Michael Collins and Fatema Hosseini, USA TODAY, 29 Aug. 2022
• To make a hard-working scientist who tells the truth live in fear makes my heart ache for this country.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 28 Apr. 2023
• But even with these assurances, people here still live in fear.
  — Maggie Rulli, ABC News, 31 Mar. 2022
• That means: 1) Workers with good jobs earn enough to pay the bills and not live in fear of being evicted or going hungry.
  — Peter Georgescu, Forbes, 5 May 2023
• Her family doesn’t live in fear of crime, and Bharwani said she’s always been a Lenox Square customer.
  — Alexis Stevens, ajc, 14 Feb. 2022
• Our constituents should not have to live in fear of their civil liberties being taken away.
  — Sam Kmack, The Arizona Republic, 13 Oct. 2022
• Gangs control large swaths of the Haitian capital, where residents live in fear of being kidnapped, raped or killed.
  — Claire Parker, Washington Post, 26 Jan. 2023
• Most Republicans in Congress agree, but many live in fear of speaking the truth in Washington.
  — Chris Cillizza, CNN, 4 Mar. 2022
• The true measure of justice is not in a verdict, but in making a future where people don't live in fear of racialized violence.
  — Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 24 Nov. 2021
• She was released nearly one month later, but Googoosh continued to live in fear.
  — Melissa Etehad, Allure, 17 Jan. 2023
• Today, our grandparents, parents, daughters, sons, sisters, brothers, and friends are forced to live in fear.
  — Cnn Opinion, CNN, 16 Dec. 2021
• Francis Dietz, a neighbor on Ranger Road who printed those signs, said some residents who’ve taken a stance against the name changes live in fear of being called racist as a result.
  — Antonio Olivo, Washington Post, 15 May 2022
• Healthcare workers live in fear of possible exposures, stuffy noses or positive tests that will keep them from being able to care for patients.
  — Maria Raven, WSJ, 3 Jan. 2022
• While many Romans celebrate the fleeting May fava season and the coming of spring with fava-heavy picnics outside the city walls, sufferers of favism live in fear.
  — Jason Horowitz, New York Times, 13 May 2023
• Now reunited in the United States, mother and son continue to live in fear of being separated again while their asylum case is pending.
  — Armando Garcia, ABC News, 20 Nov. 2021
• Big retailers and small stores in many cities say their employees live in fear, amid daily threats of violence or actual violence.
  — The Week Staff, The Week, 24 Apr. 2023
• Many of them are involved in the foster care or juvenile justice system, live in fear of getting evicted or experienced childhood trauma.
  — Jennifer Brookland, Detroit Free Press, 7 Sep. 2022
• Tien, who also expressed her concern for physicians who live in fear and hesitation of acting due to the law, said the restriction overlooks the complexity of medicine and the decision that must be made between a patient and a health provider.
  — Nelly Ontiveros Cervantes, Orlando Sentinel, 18 Oct. 2022
• The jury awarded them damages for past and future emotional distress after their attorneys argued in court that both now live in fear of these grisly photos resurfacing at any time.
  — Brent Schrotenboer, USA TODAY, 20 Sep. 2022
• These systems are also designed to integrate changing compliance requirements, so teams can evolve with new regulations rather than live in fear of them.
  — Robert Fenton, Forbes, 15 Aug. 2022

Last Updated: 24 Jul 2024