dread
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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
But since the rings select their bearers by asking whether they’re afraid during an ambush designed to create dread, the test favors those for whom life never presents anything to fear.
From Salon ● Aug. 14, 2026
"We're lucky. For the moment we haven't found any dead animal. It's what we dread, because it's very hot," she said.
From Barron's ● Jul. 30, 2026
They delivered their plots arrow-straight to make the dread sting.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 15, 2026
Even though I’d still rather be watching TV on the couch than going to Sunday school, I don’t dread my Arabic class anymore—thanks to my uncles patient lessons.
From "Amina's Song" by Hena Khan
Tamang dreads what the future may bring, especially if these hydropower projects are shut down.
From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2026
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
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
Ralph was huge, dark skinned, with short dreads.
From "Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story" by Nora Raleigh Baskin
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
The five words every baseball soul outside of Los Angeles dreaded hearing.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 2, 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
It even helped her perform well in the entrance exam she had been dreading for so long.
From BBC ● Aug. 25, 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
And enough with the social-media snark about dreading the thought of Spirit passengers suddenly showing up on your favorite non-discount airline.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 2, 2026
She was driving around with the kids, dreading a return to the house in Baton Rouge.
From "Zeitoun" by Dave Eggers
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