dire
Example Sentences
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Levy: With every character, at the beginning of this show, I’m thinking, how can we exacerbate the dire circumstances that crime would rub up against?
From Los Angeles Times
The outlook for the longer term was also dire.
From Barron's
"With the cost of living, the price of food, petrol, gas and electric. It's dire. There's no money left."
From BBC
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.”
The UN has warned Cuba faces "dire" supply shortages, with more than 50,000 surgeries cancelled in Cuba as fuel supply constraints and ageing infrastructure have caused multiple nationwide blackouts.
From BBC
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