dread

"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

While not really at a comparable stage in his life biologically speaking, Shears has grown to appreciate the aging process that so many dread.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 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

A woman who used to "dread bedtime" says being one of the first UK patients to be offered a new treatment has been life-changing for her sleeping condition.

From BBC ● Jul. 15, 2026

She found herself facing the future with dread, seeing only “a long stretch of purposeless years with nothing to live for.”

From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield

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

Mullen said she is "constantly worried", fearing that rats will get into her home, and said she dreads every time she has to take the bins out as rats congregate nearby.

From BBC ● Jan. 12, 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

The constant radio chatter — which includes the unlikely announcing voice of legendary documentarian Frederick Wiseman — doesn’t give the era away, nor do the younger characters’ hairstyles, since mullets and dreads endure.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 14, 2025

Moss saw that she was twisting one of her thick dreads in her hand, something she did when she was anxious.

From "Anger Is a Gift" by Mark Oshiro

Entering Sunday, 12 soccer players had received a dreaded red card in the 2026 World Cup.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 5, 2026

Nowhere in my vision are hours or days spent waiting for a health insurer to determine whether such a treatment plan is covered — the dreaded exercise known as prior authorization.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 27, 2026

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

No matter how many times she’d faced it over the years, Koffi had always dreaded the Hema.

From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray

And so I was dreading having to editorialize about this, but fortunately a pollster did it for me.

From Slate ● Jun. 16, 2026

Many of my Chicago neighbors wake each morning dreading what they’ll read in the newspaper.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 17, 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

Later that year, Lively also sent texts to actress and co-star Jenny Slate, and said she was "dreading" going back to set and "getting hits of the experience in really upsetting ways".

From BBC ● Jan. 21, 2026

Elizabeth packed the red collar and seemed satisfied—too easily, he suspected, dreading her disillusionment.

From "The Incredible Journey" by Sheila Burnford