nightmare
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Yet seven years into what seemed like endless minor league purgatory, Pride’s dream had become a nightmare.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 13, 2026
She knew kids risked being sent home when classes resumed in late August — a scenario that would disrupt not just their learning but create a logistical nightmare for working families.
From Salon ● Sep. 12, 2026
Building data centers in the U.S. is becoming a nightmare for artificial-intelligence hyperscalers.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 10, 2026
It was just too much of a nightmare to leave something half done, when I knew how hard it would be to pick up the threads in another week or month.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026
Nina and Aleksandr had been taken prisoner behind enemy lines by the Germans: the Soviet soldier’s worst nightmare.
From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein
Her sister wrote her a letter explaining why she could not come to their wedding, describing "terrible nightmares" and the worry that she would never see her again.
From BBC ● Sep. 10, 2026
CHICAGO—At the conclusion of yet another dismal season for the Chicago White Sox last fall, the number 70.9 haunted Chris Getz’s nightmares.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026
In their small living room, his mother sighs: "He still has nightmares at night, and I am getting weaker day by day."
From Barron's ● Sep. 1, 2026
But once she’s confronted by spectral figures in her nightmares, she starts to wonder if something supernatural is going on.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026
In his imagination, he pictured a wall being erected, a barrier between himself and the nightmares.
From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray
