How To Use Frighten In A Sentence

You know that moment when really liking someone turns into a radiant love - overwhelming, a little frightening and almost exasperatingly fresh?
On the ranges of Fort Devens, the troops were put through their paces on US weapons, from the stock-in-trade M16 assault rifle to the frighteningly-effective M249 SAW light machine gun.
As the scores indicate - typically gelid to frozen - the shots seem to fall in the unflattering to outright frightening range.
Drake, in his _Eboracum_, says (p. 7, Appendix), "I have been so frightened with stories of the barguest when I was a child, that I cannot help throwing away an etymology upon it. Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 1 (of 2)
I watch the flowery stars which frighten me; * While cark and care mine every night foreslow. Arabian nights. English

The stakeholders are frighteningly numerous, diverse, intensely self-interested, and powerful.
They were going to the pelican crossing, but stepped off the kerb because they were frightened by a dog on the pavement.
Tusking," published in March 1986, was the first of his poems to appear in the TLS: a powerful frightening parable of coloniser and colonised, it is untypical of Imlah's work only in its short lines. Archive 2009-04-01
Richard comes across Mel in a bar and drags her outside to demand his credit cards back and frighten her off once and for all.
Sue is hard and resilient and, though she is the film's embodiment of civilization in much the way Grace Kelly is High Noon's, she's neither frightened nor morally repulsed when violence erupts.
The point of reading Kafka's fiction is not, it seems to me, to arrive at a conclusion that the world we live in is absurd, or frightening, or grotesque, but that the world Kafka has created is self-sustaining and entirely logical. Translated Texts
A frightened rabbit will bolt for its hole.
The child was frightened to death by the violent thunderstorm.
It is one thing to play-act the gender role of frightened female in a movie theater where the horror is only simulated, but do I want to perform that same gender construction in real life?
Wolves and jackals, when frightened, certainly tuck in their tails; and a tamed jackal has been described as careering round his master in circles and figures of eight, like a dog, with his tail between his legs. The expression of the emotions in man and animals
The Porto Rican boys and girls would be frightened out of their wits if Our Holidays Their Meaning and Spirit; retold from St. Nicholas
And when the Monkeewrench crew - computer geeks who made a fortune on games, now assisting the cops with special anticrime soft-ware - are invited by the FBI to investigate a series of murder videos posted to the Web, it's not long before the group discovers the frightening link between the unlucky bride and the latest, most horrific use of the Internet yet. Shoot to Thrill by P. J. Tracy: Book summary
In fact, I am so frightened, I fear I might just mess my pants!
All across the world, ...increasingly dangerous weather patterns and devastating storms are abruptly putting an end to the long-running debate over whether or not climate change is real. Not only is it real, it's here, and its effects are giving rise to a frighteningly new global phenomenon: the man-made natural disaster. Barack Obama
Dara, a counselor, is convinced that everyone is inescapably marked by childhood; she throws herself into romantic relationships with frightening intensity. The House on Fortune Street: Summary and book reviews of The House on Fortune Street by Margot Livesey.
Do you think the newly awakened lionhearted people are going to be frightened by an official hat? An Enemy of the People
It adds an extra layer of authenticity to an already frighteningly realistic film.
It was as if a professed unbeliever in ghosts should be frightened by a ghost story.
May I conclude with a frightening thought for Labour.
I must warn you that this image will shock and frighten you and if you are old or weak please do not look at it.
Slowly, as you make your way around this gorgeous setting, you go from frightened noob to savage hunter. The Sun
I'm not entirely sure that if I was in a frightening situation, that I would like Spiderman to come zinging to my rescue.
While we know that obesity is also a national concern, it is frightening to acknowledge the degree to which girls and women are discontent with the body they have, want a body that is unattainably thin for 98 percent of natural body shapes, are angry at their body imperfections, and are obsessed with fixing their shape. Beth Weinstock: Gloria Steinem Is Alive and Well, Reminding Us 'That Perfect Is Boring' and 'Beauty Is Irregular'
The fact is that our founders did not give us a nation frightened by the apparition of the Deity lurking about in our most central places.
Her response was immediate, she said: “I would like to train volunteer workers to go as outreach workers to help the needy - rough sleepers who are in the outlaying areas and who are too frightened to come into town to the soup kitchens for help”. Archive 2009-09-01
Crowds, especially crowds that become hunting packs are very frightening.
It was rather frightening to think how easily men could do what they wanted, simply because of their superior physical strength.
Well, when you stop being frightened of someone and then you stop pitying them, there's not really a lot left.
Febrile convulsions can be frightening for parents, especially as they look like epileptic fits.
One has lived too near a wood to be frightened by owls.
Although our news media are very remiss in educating the public on the great economic tragedy now unfolding, they do unwittingly disclose some frightening facts.
The big one is frightened of a labradoodle. The Sun
Nearchus, however, went along the deck encouraging the men to remain firm and—in a move that must have struck the frightened sailors as sheer madness—ordered the helmsmen to turn their bows toward the whales in attack formation. Alexander the Great
Having only a confused, frightened sense of our one national leader, say "prorogue" and "G20" and frown, soundlessly. The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed
The prospect of students saddling themselves with enormous debts to pay their course fees and their maintenance is a frightening one.
The seasons, frighteningly unfamiliar to your average cook, are second nature to Susan and Margaret.
The stranger who hangs around the building frightens me
The electrical hookups look frightening, but the luz is very good; we run through an external surge protector and if the corriente is too low or too high or polarity reversed, it is no go. Huasteca Potosina
The thought of the long day's travel with the dogs appalls me; the thought of the keen frost in the morning and of the frozen sled-lashings frightens me — The Night-Born
To tell true, we were always frightened of her though, milady. THE RIVAL QUEENS: A COUNTESS ASHBY DE LA ZOUCHE MYSTERY
She realized she had lost the companionable Nick and was once again confronted with the strange, quiet, and somewhat frightening, angry Nick.
the frightened child cowered in the corner
The marching an army into the midst of a peaceful Mexican settlement, frightening the inhabitants away, leaving their growing crops and other property to destruction, to you may appear a perfectly amiable, peaceful, unprovoking procedure; but it does not appear so to us. A Short Life of Abraham Lincoln
What we discovered was truly frightening and made us question our own existence in this strange, strange world.
Nothing frightened slave-dependent societies more than the prospect of widespread slave insurrections.
Flying in an airplane can be a frightening prospect for some people.
Men wearing masks dance among them in an attempt to frighten the child, who has to walk clockwise through this scene of carnage.
Fireworks are not private nor personal as they disturb and frighten people and animals for miles around.
She does look warm and pretty next to pasty Edward, but his palid complexion is just frightening here. the previous poster was much more appealling, alluring, and more likely for viewers to actually ditch their old movies and take this one. ilovethecullens (10/9/2008 5: 19: 17 PM) i dont really like it, they could've done a lot better Final ‘Twilight’ Poster Hits Net. What Do You Think? » MTV Movies Blog
This book tells a fascinating and disturbing story that frightened me nearly to death.
Anne obviously did not share her sister's compunction about frightening her mother. MIDNIGHT IS A LONELY PLACE
I do it to get shriekingly frightened because that makes me very excited and produces all sorts of fun chemicals.
Be quiet or you'll frighten the deer off.
I'm sometimes asked if I'd be frightened of walking through a jungle and being spiked by a thorn.
If you buy the biblical spin of the Religious Right folks -- that make up the bulk of the Tea Party movement -- the implication is clear: Jesus will soon return, send all Democrats, gays, blacks, progressives, liberals, college-educated unbelievers, etc., to Hell, while saving what Sarah Palin calls "us" "Real Americans" -- in other words unreconstructed frightened and resentful white lower middle class Americans. AlterNet
At what point does indecision, does the inability to act at all, become legitimately frightening?
More than that, though, it is a mysterious, numinous presence that inhabits it, both attractive and frightening, grand and gentle, like the spirit of the sea itself, and the peoples that live by and with it.
The rapist who wins women's trust and then abuses them is a more sophisticated, devious and frightening operator.
Everyone was frightened by the strange sequence of events.
Animal control officers managed to tranquilize the frightened creature and removed it.
I am not at all frightened by your threats, and I shall know how to deal with you if you persist in interfering with me or persecuting Kilmeny. Kilmeny of the Orchard
The explosive crack of a bullwhip can frighten cattle into a pen and even keep lions and tigers at bay.
He is a desperate character, and in other lands might be dangerous; but he is safe enough here, for the bastinado is a terrible instrument of torture, and the man is now not only desperate in wrath, but is sometimes desperately frightened. The Pirate City An Algerine Tale
They were frightened until our men gave them food, clothing, and assurances of safety.
Even the tots wore their costumes and enjoyed the fun, peering through their grotesque masks, and frightening their elders.
The number of youngsters involved in crime is frightening.
I number that crash among the most frightening experiences of my life.
Frequently these informants were simply adolescents seeking to frighten peers or parents, by fabricating evidence of cult ritual.
No fictional account of human humiliation and shame can capture the frightening banality of the people's treatment at these checkpoints.
A flashback is a sudden, vivid memory of a bad trip and can be very frightening, sometimes causing mental health problems.
I understand all the hospitals and clinics were jam-packed for a day or 2 when the frightening news came out, but that was very temporary. Have the economy and swine flu affected you?
She wore an expression that could either be read as apprehensive or frightened, depending.
Of all the frightening specters looming above us in the brave new world of Bush II - and there are many to choose from - I think the scariest is the privatization of Social Security. The scariest thing
She let out a frightened, high-pitched scream.
He would never frighten anyone or cause them any harm .
Exposed to the light, the monk's inner demons and the phantasms of his dreams would no longer seem quite as frightening or threatening.
Kostas wore his special protective clothing and took out a big sack and a smoke-box filled with pine needles. A high ladder had to be kept in the air in order not to frighten the bees, which were sitting high up in the tree, one on top of the other, creating a big revolving buzzing bee-ball.
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I sobbed and wept so that my eyes were almost blind; and the ruffian you have such sympathy with stood opposite: presuming every now and then to bid me "wisht," and denying that it was his fault; and, finally, frightened by my assertions that I would tell papa, and that he should be put in prison and hanged, he commenced blubbering himself, and hurried out to hide his cowardly agitation. Wuthering Heights
This transformation, displayed in haunting dream sequences and eerie visions, makes for some genuinely frightening and heart-stopping moments.
I think: I'll have bushes on the left-hand side where she's walking because that's more frightening than the open fields, and then on the right I'm going to have some of those distorted trees you get in East Anglia, distorted by the winds – some of them look like witches, waving witches' arms; very sinister. On writing: authors reveal the secrets of their craft
The spillcam, which BP made public only after the White House intervened, was the visual through-line of a media drama that fascinated and frightened the country for an entire summer, and enveloped many of us in its gravitational-like pull. Sean Smith: Ink Spill: Inside the Battle to Shape the News Coverage of Last Year's Oil Gusher
A squirrel got into his birdfeeder and he tried to frighten it off with an air rifle, but he killed it instead and was sick for a week.
Largactil, and a few small shots of arecoline, but I'm frightened to give any more arecoline because there's a hell of an impaction in there and I don't want to rupture the bowel. Every living thing
The press conference on improving outreach and education in the cryosphere is great for lots of facts and figures about the frightening rate at which glaciers and sea ice are melting, and the wide ranging implications (it’s a little slow to get going, but worth it once the panelists start). 2009 April 23 | Serendipity
The whole drugs thing does frighten me, and I know it frightens other athletes.
Lights, noises, and singing at night, clearly discerned from the castle, caused much terror to Lady Edgeworth, though her descendants affirm that they were fairies of the same genus as those who beset Sir John Falstaff at Hearne's oak, and intended to frighten her into leaving the place. A Book of Golden Deeds
But what really frightens me is what happens on the next day.
She gasped for breath, eyes wide, frightened, and unseeing.
It's a very frightening place that has been designed to have no natural light.
Oh, my own Ba, hear _my_ plain speech -- and how this is _not_ an attempt to frighten you out of your dear wish to '_hear_ from me' -- no, indeed -- but a whim, a caprice, -- and now it is out! over, done with! The Letters of Robert Browning and Elizabeth Barrett Barrett, Vol. 1 (of 2) 1845-1846
The fifteen ships set sail from Harfleur, financed by the French for the destruction of England, loaded with the worst men in Europe, drilled by Swiss instructors into some semblance of an army, commanded by Jasper, and led by Henry, more frightened than he has ever been before in his life. The Red Queen
It's totally irrational, but I'm frightened of mice.
He knows what frightens us most is that the next attack could be anywhere, anytime.
Instilling a feeling of insecurity is the best way to scare your population into submission and frighten away potential investors.
As in, when frightened by the unanticipated attack of an allergenic cat I have been known to sneeze whilst leaping back in an unexpected fashion of my own! Auld Lang Syne, etc.
But to me the most frightening aspect of the whole disaster was that the clamorous Tasman Sea went suddenly quiet - eerily so - and though I waited for its comforting roar to resume, I can't remember ever hearing it so noisy again.
He wanted to be known as madder than Michael, as even more frightening. Maura's Game
The sweat-soaked, frightened, and bedraggled ci-devant dandy hammered at the door of his last-hope refuge.
In respect of our existing building stock, which produces a frightening proportion of carbon emissions, we can only hope that retrofit makes economic as well as environmental sense.
My hard breathing was the only noise I could hear and when I looked up, my eyes brimming with frightened unshed tears, he was gone.
I see after a little as it was n't no use talkin 'to Elijah so I just had to listen to him an' he really did kind of frighten me in the end. Susan Clegg and a Man in the House
Suddenly they burst apart, and a frighteningly large steel staff fell to the ground.
I canna but believe Richard was of a mind to frighten you and nothing more with all his blether about marriage. Healing the Highlander
Here, the music becomes anguished yet mechanical, frighteningly repetitious and full of noises that seem only half-human in origin.
This demands a solution to the frightening statistics on infant mortality, of malnutrition, lack of education, analphabetism, wages insufficient to sustain life. Rigoberta Menchú Tum - Acceptance and Nobel Lecture
When she emerged - and she never took long, for she wasn't one to dilly-dally - I would step into the hall so that she would see me there waiting and wouldn't be frightened.
The country is frighteningly close to possessing nuclear weapons.
This is extremely frightening for elderly people.
He was clearly frightened, perhaps delirious and possibly even unaware of what was happening to him.
Within 18 months, he had fallen in love with a pretty, quick-witted copygirl, Barbara Stone, and after a terrifying, if occasionally thrilling, baptism of snootiness by her family — New Year’s at Arturo Toscanini’s house, a frightening experience with a finger bowl — he married her. The Gelb Family
By the way, ‘anyone’ can learn dowsing, but some flee in terror after their first try at it because it works so well - and that frightens them.
He frightened me into staying silent.
Growing numbers of people in the rural areas are too frightened to vote.
I believe that if they saw me fearless, and coming among them for friendly purposes, they would leave off hooting; but the notion frightens granny, so I am a prisoner. Dynevor Terrace: or, the clue of life — Volume 2
American soldiers committed, their demeanor has been warlike, which is not perceived by the occupied populace as reassuring or secure, but as frightening and dangerous. Jane Smiley: The End is Nigh
She wrapped her fingers hard around her sister's thin wrists so that Talitha's sleepy moaning turned into a frightened whimpering.
In triumph, he picks people up, hugs them, shouts with glee; in defeat, his face carries a frightening scowl and the pearly teeth disappear from view.
Voters will be reassured by Labour's record, and not frightened by talk of a house-price crash or third-term tax rises.
Console users take gaming seriously, and their brand loyalty is frightening.
Chap it, an 'let us up to hell oot o' this," and the bottomer, no less frightened than he, tore at the bell, and jumping in himself just as the cage began slowly to ascend, clung to the bar, shivering with terror. The Underworld The Story of Robert Sinclair, Miner
This whole huge area was crawling with soldiers, and each wave of a heavy gun resulted in quick, frightened obedience from the people.
Flint, which is the title of the book as well as the surname of Eddy's frighteningly driven heroine, is a cross-genre novel.
But I am aware that there are certain individuals in the community who are endeavoring to excite alarm among you, and 'bugology you', and frighten you from voting for the school system, by telling you if you do, you will smell a polecat -- that it is intended to tax the poor for the benefit of the rich -- that you will be taxed higher than all creation can pay, and finally in a few years, you will be "distinguished" like Jackson 'distinguished' the national debt. The Beginnings of Public Education in North Carolina; A Documentary History, 1790-1840. Vol. II
I had thought it should apay [gratify] her to know the same; but my words had the contrariwise effect, for she looked more frightened than afore. In Convent Walls The Story of the Despensers
He has been campaigning in the junior flyweight, flyweight and junior bantamweight divisions, destroying every opponent with frightening aplomb.
I tried not to hear the roar of flames overhead, or the frightened whinnies of fellow passengers, but the task was impossible.
Grimy wards, with paint peeling, dust gathering on windowsills and numerous unidentified stains, frighten patients and demoralise staff.
I recall accosting some rowdy teenagers outside my house: my few cautionary words were met with a hail of stones, too small to injure but enough to frighten and humiliate.
Katie had never before heard her mother called Bessie, and had never seen anything approaching in size or colour to such a nose, consequently she ran away frightened. The Three Clerks
On the other, I find it somewhat disenchanting that something so frightening and sacrosanct can be achieved and nullified by such relatively simple means. Overlooked Movie Monday: Near Dark » Scene-Stealers
In Addis Ababa Tafari did his best to unite the frightened and divided chiefs and to persuade them to take effective action.
Of its many versions, there's one with a deeply contoured seat that looks frightening but is the most comfortable thing I've ever sat on.
She spoke quietly to still the frightened child.
The refugees were a pathetic sight - starving, frightened and cold.
Perhaps the most sickening fact is that they have been able to frighten a small number of our older people into believing that they will not be able to afford to pay for vital services.
Heskey's got the power and pace to frighten anyone but must remember it's not a crime to use it.
We must even acknowledge that the little Queen-bee fell into a few excesses, such as jumping over ditches where they were the broadest, and clapping her hands and shouting to frighten away phlegmatical crows. The Home
Is there really a very frightening and powerful structure behind this man, or not?
To frighten away evil spirits, both adults and children wore scary costumes as witches and ghosts.
Seen from the student's viewpoint, the oral exam can be frightening.
a bell on board so as to affrighten the horses and thereby endanger the lives of the passengers. A Portrait of Old George Town
Yet thanks to the misapplication of science to religious faith, we remain literal-minded and spiritually immature, frightened of the silence and solitude in which the Ancient of Days, the Unnameable, might be experienced, though never understood. Karen Armstrong and the case for God
“ 'Well, since I am disowned, and relegated to the sweepings,' the old man begins, draped in his sayon, and with a majesty that frightens us, 'you shall hear the crow sing!' Frederic Mistral
Frightened is also a pretty picture, but the composition is a little complex, and we can almost hear the noise when the artist cut the woodblock.
But it made her too ... not frightened -- she wasn't _frightened_ -- too _ashamed_ at the very thought of giving up, going back home empty-handed, blocked by a wizard who used cattle like these as his servants. Enchantment
Somehow, the caliginous man's intimidating demeanor always failed to discourage or frighten Josh, much less hamper his cheery, gossiping attitude.
[Be] sly and artful in his behaviour to some, and imperious and cruel to others; being under a kind of necessity to ill-use all the persons of whom he stood in need, when he could not frighten them into compliance, and did not judge it his interest to be useful to them. Ashley Rindsberg: Mr. President, You Are Sick With Self Love
The explosive crack of a bullwhip can frighten cattle into a pen and even keep lions and tigers at bay.
We turned a corner and nearly walked right into a very unfrightened deer. Times, Sunday Times
Terrorist activity in the area has frightened most tourists away.
And they are given to the rulers and the ruling classes, not in bravado, not to frighten them, but for them to consider more deeply the spirit and nature of this world revolution. Revolution
It was frightening to get a dozen screaming phone calls a day, and nothing I could say made any difference.
Millard has little to back up his 'frightener' apart from some vague reference to some patients he woke up only for them, presumably, to have to go through the whole process again later. Latest news breaking news current news UK news world news celebrity news politics news
The expensive, bought costumes and masks are very often inappropriate and can genuinely frighten smaller children, she adds.
And still, given a set of circumstances that frighten me by touching unhealed sensitivities in my own heart, I become flustered.
Just as he really was, he, who was not familiar with such mirrors, could see Count Manuel, housed in a little wet dirt with old inveterate stars adrift about him everywhither; and the spectacle was enough to frighten anybody. Figures of Earth
Smith was frightened enough to move fast - the sound of gunfire was an excellent accelerator.
They frightened him into telling them the secret.
Stewart's pained expression was frightening testament to the quality and precision of Hatton's work.
But federal workers and private contractors not being paid are frightened about failing to meet mortgage and other financial obligations.
And take care with sparklers, fireworks, bangers and bonfires and try not to frighten the vulnerable.
It brayed loudly again, and scampered, frightened, into the woods.
There was a new found concentration and direction in his voice which she understood but which also frightened and disturbed her.
The alpha and the omega for this man who's worked to become the most despised, the most frightening artist in music.
Alone in rural Texas and with barely anything to eat, she retreats further and further into the world of her imagination – a world where she converses with fireflies and dismembered Barbie doll heads, a world where the meadow is the bottom of the ocean and a great shark swims about, a world where ghosts and frightening Bog Men are on the loose. Archive 2007-09-01
Although for much of the time the various teams within the city operated in tandem, respecting each other's territory, there were sporadic turf wars characterised by tit-for-tat shootings, with kneecappings a popular form of warning or 'frightener'. Both Sides of the Fence -A Life Under Cover
It is very frightening for a lot of people to readjust to working.
His eyes were open, but unseeing, hazed over with a frightening coldness, unblinking.
Current ginger-mog is frightened of his own shadow and dead leaves, he plummets bum first out of trees and he plunges his paw into the bath only to be shocked that it is wet. How can you tell if your cat is smart? « knitnut.net
The three prisoners who have been shackled up are frightened.
The extent to which feeling overwhelmed by brownness and foreignness frightens the few remaining freckled and tuna-fish-laden Caucasian children in the city away from the public schools is not acknowledged and certainly not discussed. Tales Out of School
In a confused sort of way -- as if I had dreamed it -- I remember that Nora came flying down the stairs in her dressing-gown and bare feet, and nurse hurrying behind her, both crying out in a frightened way, -- something like, "Oh, _lawkes_! what _have_ them boys been doin '?" and, "Oh, boys, _boys_! what _is_ the matter? We Ten Or, The Story of the Roses
It's a bit demoralising riding into the headwinds, and the sidewinds can be a frightening (being blown out into traffic being a Bad Thing).
To some, the idea of sexagenarian roommates having fun (and even getting laid) in their old age was too frightening to watch-but that was then, and this is now, where MILFs and even GILFs have their own video series, so how could a respectable parody producer not want to give these old broads their belated XXX bones? AVN Industry News
The chorus is so desperate and unhinged it should replace its namesake across the country; a frightened alarum to all that there's trouble around and it's far closer than you think.
This frightens me because I will turn twenty this year.
Their perception and insight into people is frighteningly accurate.
the treetops whipped to and fro in a frightening manner
I had a frightening encounter with a poisonous snake.
In fact, I can turn them over with frightening rapidity.
Ultimately there are no obvious villains in the plague upon our froggy friends, and that is what's most frightening of all.
Anthony Hopkins was much more frightening as a serial killer than Currie is as the son of Satan.
All the lies, deceit, conniving and games I endured while I was with him have made me frightened to date again.
Behind her she heard the cries of frightened animals.
You can probably tell that ‘Ole ‘'s got a bit of everything - though beautifully wild and untamed in places, it won't frighten the proverbial horses, and is a must for any burgeoning jazzbo's collection.
If there was no man in the house at the time these unwelcome visitors made their calls the female inmates were often greatly frightened, for the mendicants, if they were refused help, were not particular in the choice of their epithets.
So I think a lot of the intolerance we encounter with regard to sleep is about control issues, as we say, ways of telling ourselves we're in control of something that is frighteningly unsusceptible to control. 'Insomniac'
We know how many river users are appalled at the way pilotage is being run and who are genuinely frightened to use the Humber without an experienced navigator.
Don't be frightened - it's only a story .
Shock and awe rested, it was argued, ultimately on the ability to ‘frighten, scare, intimidate and disarm’.
Dopplegänger Paul will baffle as many people as it delights, but it's certainly unique, and that's a word that frightens away Hollywood producers, who want the safe and sure. Thestar.com - Home Page
The man could modulate his voice into a great variety of tones, booming, hushed, lyrical, penitent, frightened.
After all a bully is somewhat similar to a stalker, they follow you, taunt you, frighten you.
She'd felt quite frightened and hadn't accepted the invitation.

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