nightmare
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She said she faced a "nightmare" five-hour round trip to just get back to her home in Blackpool.
From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2026
On a scale ranging from zero to eight, the average nightmare burden dropped by 3.7 points among participants taking Dronabinol.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 6, 2026
“That is a nightmare scenario for Gulf states.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026
"I will say it was an absolute nightmare," says the singer.
From BBC ● Aug. 5, 2026
The possibility of a containment breach in unit 2 combined with a meltdown in the unit 4 fuel pool was a radiological nightmare.
From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland
Available medications often provide limited relief from trauma-related nightmares.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 6, 2026
At one point, amid the bewildering turmoil, one of the Politburo members simply shakes his head and says: “I’ve had nightmares that made more sense than this.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026
Krupych is proud of his service - a tattoo on his neck declares "Glory to the Ukrainian Armed Forces" – but he suffers from nightmares.
From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026
It’s a sea of nightmares in suits, and among them is Schlossberg, the Dennis the Menace we don’t deserve, don’t really want, but are burdened with regardless.
From Slate ● Jun. 18, 2026
When he finally went to bed, the nightmares returned.
From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin
