dreaded

“Resolution” is a curious word in this context — because there never is one for what has become a dreaded, tiresome ritual.

The blockbuster formula hasn’t changed in five decades: entertain cinema-goers; don’t present anything that might induce that dreaded experience, thought.

As evidence, there’s a bake sale where her treat is accused of having the dreaded “soggy bottom,” triggering an epically well-staged food fight.

The unanswered question is whether we are facing a stagnating economy, which might trigger an interest rate cut, or the dreaded stagflation, in which the economy grinds to a halt but inflation persists.

But for Ben Mogen, Madison's father, the deal marks a moment of closure for a family that had dreaded a gruelling trial after years of being thrust into the national spotlight.