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nightmare

[nahyt-mair] / ˈnaɪtˌmɛər /


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“That’s the nightmare scenario — that those things just happen more frequently and become more exacerbated when the agency is not firing on all cylinders,” Inge said.

From MarketWatch

If only, she thought, she could just fly, up and out of this nightmare.

From Literature

My sister’s rattled, like a kid after a nightmare.

From Literature

Since then, he’s suffered from bouts of uncontrolled sobbing and relentless nightmares.

From The Wall Street Journal

The security guard, who lives in Hamilton, South Lanarkshire, describes her time there in the early 1980s as a "nightmare".

From BBC