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  • Nothing says Christmas quite like a stuffed leopard murdering a fear-stricken antelope.

    Jorge Santini, Mayor Of San Juan, Baffles Public With Astoundingly Strange Christmas Photo 2011

  • And as the fear-stricken man started, "And take another look for the cook!"

    Chris Farrington, Able Seaman 2010

  • Megan looks over at them, confused by their fear-stricken expressions and says, "don't be upset, it's just a milkshake," as she grabs napkins and asks Don to help.

    Samantha Zalaznick: Mad Men Finale Recap: Happily Ever After? Samantha Zalaznick 2010

  • NEW YORK—Europe's widening financial distress sent panicked investors flocking to the dollar, which hit an eight-month high against the euro and a one-year high against the pound as the desire for safety trumped the potential for higher returns in fear-stricken market.

    Dollar Hits Eight-Month High on Euro Javier E. David 2011

  • And the lean, fear-stricken girl, like a frightened rabbit in the mouth of its burrow, on hands and knees peered forth upon the scene from the lazarette and knew that the cooking-pot and the end of time had come for her.

    CHAPTER XI 2010

  • And from the fear-stricken, jungle - lurking, cave-haunting creature of long ago, he won to empery over the whole animal world because he developed into the most terrible and awful killer of all the animals.

    THE HUMAN DRIFT 2010

  • Megan looks over at them, confused by their fear-stricken expressions and says, "don't be upset, it's just a milkshake," as she grabs napkins and asks Don to help.

    Samantha Zalaznick: Mad Men Finale Recap: Happily Ever After? Samantha Zalaznick 2010

  • Megan looks over at them, confused by their fear-stricken expressions and says, "don't be upset, it's just a milkshake," as she grabs napkins and asks Don to help.

    Samantha Zalaznick: Mad Men Finale Recap: Happily Ever After? Samantha Zalaznick 2010

  • In the U.S. sell-off that saw the Dow Jones Industrial Average close down nearly 400 points, the U.S. dollar hit an eight-month high against the euro and a one-year high against the British pound as the desire for safety trumped the potential for higher returns in fear-stricken markets.

    Currencies Stabilize in Asia Geoffrey Rogow 2011

  • Once economic conditions get better, Palin will become irrelevant, for only the fear-stricken actually like what she peddles.

    Three Myths About Sarah Palin Shaun Rein 2010

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