dire
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We learn immediately that our protagonist’s situation is dire.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026
“Eventually it’s going to come out that they didn’t de-extinct the dire wolf or the moa,” Lynch says.
From Los Angeles Times • May 21, 2026
With the situation increasingly dire, Cuba -- for decades targeted in US espionage -- last week took the extraordinary step of welcoming CIA Director John Ratcliffe for talks.
From Barron's • May 19, 2026
In Gaza, the humanitarian situation remains dire, with most of its more than two million residents displaced.
From BBC • May 7, 2026
She also says that sometimes change comes reluctantly and out of dire necessity, not from true goodwill or pure values.
From "Betty Before X" by Ilyasah Shabazz and Renée Watson
Vocabulary lists containing dire
The SAT: Words to Capture Tone, List 2
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"Macbeth" Vocabulary from Act I
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The New SAT: Words to Capture Tone
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