as in thrillers
something (as a close contest) that induces much suspense as to its outcome
since they had been dating for five years, her answer to his proposal wasn't exactly a hair-raiser
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thrillers
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Our fears showed up in the movies, too, in Cold War dramas like Sidney Lumet’s 1964 Fail Safe or apocalyptic thrillers like Stanley Kramer’s 1959 On the Beach.—
Stephanie Zacharek,
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3 Sep. 2025 -
Neon also had two other films — both political thrillers — that were celebrated at Cannes and then proved popular in Telluride, as well.—
Scott Feinberg,
HollywoodReporter,
2 Sep. 2025
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“Hair-raisers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hair-raisers. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.
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