dire
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Then Amazon.com came along, and by 2019 Barnes & Noble was in dire shape.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 10, 2026
For decades, Canada was seen as a global laggard in defence funding, and just two years ago, recruitment was so dire that a former defence minister warned the armed forces were in a "death spiral".
From BBC • May 9, 2026
And if the outcome is particularly dire it’s thought that Prime Minister Keir Starmer will face a leadership challenge from within his party.
From MarketWatch • May 6, 2026
But if, and when, one strikes, the repercussions could be dire.
From Los Angeles Times • May 4, 2026
As his successors discovered that the Americas were not part of Asia, Indians became a dire anthropogonical problem.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
Vocabulary lists containing dire
The SAT: Words to Capture Tone, List 2
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The New SAT: Words to Capture Tone
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