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If that language offends you — come on.—
Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 11 Jan. 2026
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If one employee offends another, they are fired on the spot.—
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Cue the rattling of sabers and gnashing of teeth — until a deal is done that pleases (and displeases) both parties.—
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But the corporate chiefs also know that Trump is a vengeful man with the power to target anyone who speaks out against him, or any business that displeases him.—
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The thing that outrages, the thing that shocks, the thing that elicits the greatest response, and the greatest response of all of those emotional reactions is outrage, is fear, is shock, is anger.—
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Content that outrages, polarizes or triggers anxiety keeps us watching.—
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Just thinking about it totally sickens me.—
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According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Listeria sickens about 1,250 Americans every year and causes approximately 172 deaths.—
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What amazes me is how good human beings can be in a crisis.—
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What amazes her is how someone chose to save these items and hang on to them for future generations.—
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Baker says what frightens her most is whether younger generations will ever be able to step off that wheel — to build generational wealth through homeownership.—
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Within my book, one of the things that frightens me most is the fact that with censorship, there’s often not a clear red line, right?—
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That terrifies me to try to adapt something.—
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When scientists are asked which potential climate impact terrifies them most, the collapse of the AMOC is often top of the list.—
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The culminating episode, as the mob smashes and ransacks a hospital and terrorizes its patients, ultimately reveals a frail elderly man, standing naked and alone in an empty bathtub as the assailants approach.—
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This appears to be the same spirit that terrorizes young Ben Hanscom (Jeremy Ray Taylor) inside the Derry Public Library.—
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“Scandalizes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scandalizes. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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