dread

Gowerton councillor Susan Jones said: "Obviously that bridge is a problem. When they extended the railway station it was strengthened - if they hadn't, I dread to think."

From BBC ● Oct. 29, 2026

As workloads mount and job security ebbs, people are struggling to tame the pre-Monday dread spiral.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

Welcome to Dead Internet Theory, a Y2K-era event that celebrates a time when social media meant AOL Instant Messenger and when tech evoked excitement rather than dread.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026

Last weekend, a "Saturday Night Live" sketch cast him as a tortured figure, barely masking his dread of AI.

From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026

As they drew near the cottage, Ivy began to feel dread stirring in her belly.

From "How to Disappear Completely" by Ali Standish

The 48-year-old, who is married with a 12-year-old daughter, says he has to find the extra money for fuel "from an already tight budget" and "dreads" filling up at the pump.

From BBC ● Oct. 27, 2026

I have a friend who works the cash register at a supermarket, and she told me that she dreads the holidays.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 2, 2026

I’d see an old man with his gray dreads and sing-songy voice as I would walk from parking my car on the street.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026

But he still dreads the possibility the product of his 25-hectare vineyard in the village of Correns could be declared undrinkable, and that he'd be unable to sell some 90,000 bottles.

From Barron's ● Aug. 6, 2026

Dolls with twists and dreads, pressed hair and hair wrapped in fabric with African print.

From "Watch Us Rise" by Renée Watson and Ellen Hagan

"We got that dreaded knock on the door at one o'clock in the morning," she said.

From BBC ● Nov. 1, 2026

When we returned to Los Angeles, I dreaded becoming dependent on a car for everything.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 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

Was this one of the dreaded tropical fevers?

From "The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science" by Joyce Sidman

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

Many of my Chicago neighbors wake each morning dreading what they’ll read in the newspaper.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 17, 2026

All of these factors contribute towards a situation which has now left many dreading the idea of going to A&E.

From BBC ● Mar. 2, 2026

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

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver