dreaded
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Paying Towns and Hart their maximum allowable contracts would almost certainly land the Knicks on the most dreaded financial terrain in the sport in the near future.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 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
The five words every baseball soul outside of Los Angeles dreaded hearing.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 2, 2026
She had somehow trained herself by now to block her ears to the ghastly sound of the dreaded box.
From "Matilda" by Roald Dahl
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