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In addition to riling the MPAA, The Texas Chain Saw Massacre’s lurid, controversial title would end up putting it directly into the crosshairs of the nation’s squeamish and easily offended critics.
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Chris Nashawaty, The Hollywood Reporter, 24 Oct. 2024
Even if these arguments prevail, China will not be launching U.S.-style humanitarian interventions anytime soon, but its foreign-policy makers are likely to become less squeamish about intervening in the internal affairs of other countries.
—Mark Leonard, Foreign Affairs, 12 Aug. 2013
Strahovski recalled getting squeamish after seeing a particularly graphic prosthetic.
—Jackie Strause, The Hollywood Reporter, 23 Sep. 2024
Other politicians are a little more squeamish about seeing themselves as leaders.
—Matt Reynolds, WIRED, 23 Sep. 2024
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Chris Nashawaty, The Hollywood Reporter, 24 Oct. 2024
Even if these arguments prevail, China will not be launching U.S.-style humanitarian interventions anytime soon, but its foreign-policy makers are likely to become less squeamish about intervening in the internal affairs of other countries.
—Mark Leonard, Foreign Affairs, 12 Aug. 2013
Strahovski recalled getting squeamish after seeing a particularly graphic prosthetic.
—Jackie Strause, The Hollywood Reporter, 23 Sep. 2024
Other politicians are a little more squeamish about seeing themselves as leaders.
—Matt Reynolds, WIRED, 23 Sep. 2024
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“Squeamish.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/squeamish. Accessed 29 Jan. 2025.
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