How native speakers pronounce “scary”

that it would all work out okay it was pretty scary at the time but looking back it was one of the best decisions I ever

Steve Jobs Stanford Commencement 2005 · Stanford

grappling with such questions is hard even scary it's easier to fill your head with distraction

Running

My guess is, for many of you, drone is a scary concept. It might evoke images of weapons in Ukraine,

The Invisible Infrastructure in the Sky | Adam Bry | TED · TED

Hopefully you enjoyed that conversation. Look, drones can be scary -- we see them on the battlefields of Ukraine.

The Invisible Infrastructure in the Sky | Adam Bry | TED · TED

not quality sleep, wrong position. Even worse, you might find scary messaging claiming that if you're not sleeping right

Do You Really Need 8 Hours of Sleep Every Night? | Body Stuff with Dr. Jen Gunter | TED · TED

I thought, this is incredible. And it's also a little bit scary. How can we make it more scary?

How I Created OpenClaw, the Breakthrough AI Agent | Peter Steinberger | TED · TED

And it's also a little bit scary. How can we make it more scary? (Laughter)

How I Created OpenClaw, the Breakthrough AI Agent | Peter Steinberger | TED · TED

My initial prompt was simply "surprise me." And yes, that's kind of as scary as it sounds. So no large company would ship something like that.

How I Created OpenClaw, the Breakthrough AI Agent | Peter Steinberger | TED · TED

Because what OpenClaw did for many people was it moved AI from this scary, nebulous thing

How I Created OpenClaw, the Breakthrough AI Agent | Peter Steinberger | TED · TED

PS: I see it as a window into the future. Like, in the very beginning, there were all these scary moments. Now we have proper security layers.

How I Created OpenClaw, the Breakthrough AI Agent | Peter Steinberger | TED · TED

and talk to yourself the way you would talk to a good friend. For ambitious people, this may be a little scary. You might fear it's going to erode your edge.

The Benefits of Not Being a Jerk to Yourself | Dan Harris | TED · TED

And I think as we think through kind of, scaling this type of feedback, it can be very scary to make these types of change. What I found is that cultures of anxious, nice feedback are ingrained.

The Problem With Being “Too Nice” at Work | Tessa West | TED · TED

And by neutral I mean things that are not scary to hear critical feedback on. You might be thinking to yourself,

The Problem With Being “Too Nice” at Work | Tessa West | TED · TED

These types of feedback are specific, and so they're useful, but they're not scary to deliver and they're not actually scary to receive.

The Problem With Being “Too Nice” at Work | Tessa West | TED · TED

but they're not scary to deliver and they're not actually scary to receive. And what we find is that when people take these baby steps

The Problem With Being “Too Nice” at Work | Tessa West | TED · TED

and I thought, OK, I can actually make that change. It doesn't feel super scary. And so I did.

The Problem With Being “Too Nice” at Work | Tessa West | TED · TED

they make us feel like our very selves, right? But on the other hand, people are really scary. They can dismiss us,

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Of course there's health consequences to this, scary ones, besides the waist. Things like breast cancer and colon cancer

Got a Meeting? Take a Walk | Nilofer Merchant | TED · TED

that people can't even guess at, like seaweed and other things that are scary. But, when it comes to writing,

Your elusive creative genius | Elizabeth Gilbert

when they're uncomfortable talking about topics like death, since “unalive” sounds like a less scary word. And in many ways, this is nothing new.

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or extreme or dramatic or newsworthy. Or kind of scary. But it's actually the opposite.

How Acts of Kindness Sparked a Global Movement | Asha Curran | TED · TED

Have you seen, has there been a scary moment when you've seen something internally and thought,

OpenAI’s Sam Altman Talks ChatGPT, AI Agents and Superintelligence — Live at TED2025

It's kind of like, it's an incredible superpower. It's a little bit scary. And Yoshua Bengio, when he spoke here,

OpenAI’s Sam Altman Talks ChatGPT, AI Agents and Superintelligence — Live at TED2025

yourself that you thought was a little scary or you're still proud of to this day.

How to Raise Confident Kids in an Age of Anxiety | Lenore Skenazy | TED · TED

people who are against Halloween because they're scary costumes. um you know fear

How to Raise Confident Kids in an Age of Anxiety | Lenore Skenazy | TED · TED

that we call extremophiles. Now I understand some of these things might sound scary. One of the biggest concerns is biosecurity,

How AI Could Generate New Life-Forms | Eric Nguyen | TED · TED

even though I work at Stanford, and it's going to be probably a little scary to a lot of you. But hopefully, by the end of this, it will convince you to take action.

3 Possible Futures for AI — Which Will We Choose? | Alvin W. Graylin | TED · TED

And I've talked to people in DC who actually see that as "inevitable," which is a little scary. And the third option that we have right now

3 Possible Futures for AI — Which Will We Choose? | Alvin W. Graylin | TED · TED

AWG: That's actually one of the biggest myths out there, and actually one of the most scary things out there. In fact, two days ago, I just came back from China.

3 Possible Futures for AI — Which Will We Choose? | Alvin W. Graylin | TED · TED

he wants to create a technology that can take everybody's jobs here. Now on the surface, that actually may be scary, but I think if it's coming from the right place,

3 Possible Futures for AI — Which Will We Choose? | Alvin W. Graylin | TED · TED

cracks open locks. But it turns out sometimes, poetry can be really scary. you have to trick teenagers into writing poetry.

If I should have a daughter ... | Sarah Kay

You have to actually use these models, because you’ll hear people say, oh, this thing is not that scary, this thing will never replace humans.

3 Possible Futures for AI — Which Will We Choose? | Alvin W. Graylin | TED · TED

it was with the intention that every day be a great adventure. Now sometimes it was a very scary adventure, like being broke from the age of 40 to 45.

How to Discover Your Authentic Self -- at Any Age | Bevy Smith | TED · TED

flooded up to my knees. The scary part was not the extent or the speed at which the flood came, but the color and the smell.

Your Inner Fire Is Your Greatest Strength | Xiye Bastida | TED · TED

Those seconds of pause that added up to minutes more. That weird and scary wonder about our own finite lives. And the little questions people ask me,

3 Habits to Practice Curiosity — and Escape Your Phone | Nayeema Raza | TED · TED

they will come to your city. The health argument is a scary one, and you've probably heard part of this argument before.

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