dread

"I dread to think what the outcome would have been if that capacity at Ninewells wasn't there," she added.

From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2026

"I wanted to really lean into the horror, and that slow sense of dread that the games have done so well across all of them," Cregger said.

From Barron's ● Sep. 16, 2026

You may have a thought of something that makes you ecstatically happy, and then in the corner of it is some dread you have about something else.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026

There’s no wonder or dread in this future — just the resigned acceptance that nothing is remarkable, despite all the nifty gadgets everyone has.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2026

As the summer wore on, the boy had begun, if not to enjoy his weekly conversations with the social worker, at least not to dread them.

From "Not Nothing" by Gayle Forman

His elderly parents and children remain in Russia and he dreads uprooting his family.

From Barron's ● Aug. 14, 2026

Founded in 2012, Carvana made its mark by providing an alternative to the dealership experience that Higginbotham dreads.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 18, 2026

Mullen said she is "constantly worried", fearing that rats will get into her home, and said she dreads every time she has to take the bins out as rats congregate nearby.

From BBC ● Jan. 12, 2026

Ferrara admits she could also just drive to the Nevada city, but she dreads the prospect of a four-hour-plus ride.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 8, 2025

Every cell in my body dreads going downstairs.

From "The Queen of Water" by Laura Resau

Nor is it “oh no ... AI is the new dreaded tool.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 27, 2026

"I suffered from body dysmorphia for years because of that, believing that no matter how strong, thin or young I was, there was no escaping the dreaded cottage cheese thighs."

From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2026

But they wake up on race day with the dreaded red signal on their watch telling them they haven’t fully recovered from a shake-out run the day before.

From Slate ● Aug. 11, 2026

People are leaning on AI for a task more dreaded than homework: navigating social situations with their fellow humans.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 27, 2026

It was the dreaded night of All Hallows’ Eve.

From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman

And we’re dreading the coming costs to move our cars and some furnishings to the West Coast.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 23, 2026

And so I was dreading having to editorialize about this, but fortunately a pollster did it for me.

From Slate ● Jun. 16, 2026

The couple is among thousands of immigrant parents hiding in their homes in Minneapolis, dreading that federal agents will come knocking.

From Barron's ● Feb. 2, 2026

Later that year, Lively also sent texts to actress and co-star Jenny Slate, and said she was "dreading" going back to set and "getting hits of the experience in really upsetting ways".

From BBC ● Jan. 21, 2026

I shuddered, both hoping and dreading that he’d read my mind.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver