dire
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He added that unless the government saw "an absolute dire need", it would not be procuring spot cargoes on the LNG front, which tend to be far more expensive than previously contracted shipments.
From Barron's ● Oct. 17, 2026
But the war here is showing that the arms innovation cycle is relentless and cheap drones can become an equally dire problem.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 11, 2026
In the years since, dire conditions in Bangladeshi refugee camps have driven those with enough money to make the perilous sea journey to Malaysia in search of sanctuary and work.
From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2026
If Fiala comes back early and healthy and if the team adapts quickly to the change in style, those predictions may prove overly dire.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 27, 2026
The blame-spreading continues: “till then who knew / The force of those dire Arms?”
From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith
Rademacher said the showers will continue into at least Monday, with the midweek looking a bit direr.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 2, 2024
The TV series balances humor and tragedy like the film did; however, it’s clear in the episodes that things are direr now.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 14, 2023
With Christmas now just months away, supermarkets are warning that the situation could become direr.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 1, 2021
Experts have previously expressed alarm about the delta variant, although the CDC document paints a much direr picture compared to previous speculation.
From Salon ● Jul. 30, 2021
Never shall any weapon of leafy wood crush the Goths with direr augury.
From The Danish History, Books I-IX by Grammaticus Saxo
Rakhine has suffered some of the direst conditions in the war, largely cut off from the rest of Myanmar.
From Barron's ● Sep. 29, 2026
Chris Young grew up in Clarksville, Tenn., in the direst imaginable circumstances — unimaginable, in fact, to many of us.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 3, 2026
A recent drought saw the three direst years on record, which dropped reservoirs around the state to dangerously low levels and prompted mandatory rationing and even caused some hydroelectric power plants to shut down.
From Seattle Times ● May 16, 2024
This is an ancient and nearly universal idiom that resurfaces, in different forms, in different places, and at different times, in the direst of circumstances.
From Salon ● May 4, 2024
I would be in the direst of dire straits, facing a bleak future, when some small thing, some detail, would transform itself and appear in my mind in a new light.
From "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel
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