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Example Sentences

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It is easy to forget the dire situation Newcastle were in when the defender joined the club little more than four years ago.

From BBC • Apr. 4, 2026

"The situation is very dire," lamented Amaury Poncelet, a cereal farmer in central Belgium.

From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026

In video presentation late Tuesday, CEO Gary Friedman highlighted tariffs, global discord amid the Iran war and “the most dire housing market in decades” as creating an environment of heightened uncertainty.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 1, 2026

A recent Brookings report issued dire warnings about the effects of AI on learning, saying it would lead to the “great unwiring of students’ cognitive capacities.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 29, 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