dread

Welcome to Dead Internet Theory, a Y2K-era event that celebrates a time when social media meant AOL Instant Messenger and when tech evoked excitement rather than dread.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026

The thought of travelling in an EV fills her with dread, she says.

From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026

Last weekend, a "Saturday Night Live" sketch cast him as a tortured figure, barely masking his dread of AI.

From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026

On a clammy late-summer morning in September 2010, full of dread and anxiety, I trudged toward Tabla, rehearsing the message I’d soon deliver.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026

I followed Jenna down the hall, a mixture of dread and hope filling me.

From "Keep It Together, Keiko Carter" by Debbi Michiko Florence

I have a friend who works the cash register at a supermarket, and she told me that she dreads the holidays.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 2, 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

It's the call any player dreads - because even in today's club-centric landscape, representing your country at a World Cup remains the pinnacle.

From BBC ● May 21, 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

The girl with the long dreads helped me out and onto the street.

From "Between the World and Me" by Ta-Nehisi Coates

When we returned to Los Angeles, I dreaded becoming dependent on a car for everything.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2026

Nelson said he "dreaded the summer holidays approaching" because he knew his mother "would be spending a lot of time on the Garvaghy Road".

From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2026

Those concerned about safety have long dreaded the day when AI systems themselves are capable of building the next generation of much smarter AI systems.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 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

If there was one thing I dreaded, it was having to stay in my room.

From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls

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

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

“I didn’t know you were dreading it,” I say.

From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison