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

Mark, an illustrator with millions of followers, revealed a deep sense of dread about what was once his dream: to make a living creating art and sharing it online.

From Salon ● Aug. 30, 2026

As a millennial who views artificial intelligence with skepticism and dread, imagine my surprise when my septuagenarian parents became obsessed with Claude.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026

Something like dread crept over Razi like a new skin.

From "The Boy Who Met a Whale" by Nizrana Farook

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

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

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

Chrissie Read, who has four children between the ages of 10 and 17, said she "quite often dreads the summer holidays" and relied on the charity's boxes to manage.

From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2025

“Jesus,” Mrs. Torrance muttered, and she stood up, moving her dreads out of her face.

From "Anger Is a Gift" by Mark Oshiro

Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander said: "We'll start getting rid of the dreaded 'ironing board seats' so passengers can enjoy comfier, more pleasant journeys on some of Britain's busiest commuter routes."

From BBC ● Aug. 26, 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

But he also thinks they have skipped the dreaded Trough of Disillusionment, a phase that is part of research firm Gartner’s Tech Hype Cycle.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026

Anything that drifts too close to the dreaded category of “dump and stir,” a phrase that has done real reputational harm to a perfectly sensible technique?

From Salon ● Jul. 4, 2026

Katz for his part clearly dreaded her company and winced beneath her tireless urgings to smarten his pace.

From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson

As for Spivey, she cried before heading to a funeral home for her daughter, dreading having to fill out a death certificate and decide whether to cremate or bury her firstborn child.

From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2026

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

Walks went up in the minors during ABS testing as well, leaving some pitchers dreading its arrival in the big leagues.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 6, 2026

It was the blasted dogs I was dreading coming face-to-face with more than anything else.

From "Code Name Verity" by Elizabeth Wein