dread
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"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
It’s really no wonder that Neill would go on to play characters who echoed Mark’s descent into madness, splitting off into equally extraordinary works of spine-tingling creature feature dread.
From Salon ● Jul. 17, 2026
“Gimme Shelter” reflected the growing dread of the times.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 10, 2026
She added: "When I woke up on Monday and realised it was going to clash there was a little bit of dread, but I have come around to it."
From BBC ● Jul. 10, 2026
My dread only deepened as the carriage pulled to a creaking halt.
From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros
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
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
Merry, Faye’s editor, dreads breaking the news about Faye’s latest manuscript: “How do you tell her that her 15th book . . . is unsalvageable?”
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 1, 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
Police officers are arguing with the protesters and a tall man with dreads has his hands handcuffed behind him.
From "A Good Kind of Trouble" by Lisa Moore Ramée
But he does sugarcoat his technological limitations as a 67-year-old comic in the dreaded age of video calls with a punchy Chicano twist.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 24, 2026
Framed this way, mathematicians are not in a race against A.I.s, waiting for the dreaded Kasparov moment when we become supplanted.
From Slate ● Jun. 22, 2026
But then he added the dreaded words “for now.”
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 17, 2026
But they dreaded demolishing the 800-square-foot cabin because it held such strong family memories.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 30, 2026
If there was one thing I dreaded, it was having to stay in my room.
From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls
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
In private, in my office, she admitted to avoiding mirrors, skipping photos and dreading social events.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 2, 2026
"I was always worried about if anything happened at home," said Emily, as she often woke up to missed calls from home dreading the "worst case scenario".
From BBC ● Dec. 27, 2025
Coach West called an extra practice, saying we’ve gotten soft over winter break, and I’m dreading it.
From "A Good Kind of Trouble" by Lisa Moore Ramée
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