dread
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Speaking of the capture in 2024, Hay recalled his first feelings were of "dread" and "fear".
From BBC ● Sep. 21, 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
AI development is moving ahead at blazing speed—much faster than expected—feeding a growing sense of dread within the companies that it was in danger of spinning out of control.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 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
My phone, I realize with a rush of dread.
From "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O’Shaughnessy
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Tamang dreads what the future may bring, especially if these hydropower projects are shut down.
From BBC ● Sep. 1, 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
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
Ralph was huge, dark skinned, with short dreads.
From "Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story" by Nora Raleigh Baskin
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When most people get the dreaded denial alert, they often give up.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026
Nor is it “oh no ... AI is the new dreaded tool.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 27, 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
I had been able to follow along with the conversation up until this point, but I dreaded the thought of having to speak.
From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros
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And we’re dreading the coming costs to move our cars and some furnishings to the West Coast.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 23, 2026
"We've gone from dreading a haircut, not knowing what he would be like, to him loving going there," he says.
From BBC ● Jun. 17, 2026
And so I was dreading having to editorialize about this, but fortunately a pollster did it for me.
From Slate ● Jun. 16, 2026
“When you get on a plane, you know you’re that guy that everybody is dreading sitting next to.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 7, 2026
By the time I smell lunch cooking on the gas burners in the kitchens, I’m hungry and fed up and already dreading the long afternoon ahead.
From "Without Refuge" by Jane Mitchell
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