nightmare
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It hasn’t been the nightmare pairing so many predicted — at least not for opponents.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 17, 2026
That short supply means retailers may soon start stocking "sun-tanned" cauliflower because "their biggest nightmare is empty shelves", she said.
From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026
She is overwhelmed by memories of other nightmare disasters, such as the massive earthquake that shook the same region in 1999 and left nearly 1,200 dead.
From Barron's ● Aug. 11, 2026
He had lost his mother during this sentence, but he had finally begun to put his life together before this nightmare struck.
From Slate ● Aug. 11, 2026
Kennedy couldn’t shake the nightmare image of two people in rags, huddled in radioactive rubble, wondering how they got there.
From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin
In many ways, they are physical manifestations of artificial intelligence—an incorporeal technology—that’s fueling both big dreams and new nightmares.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 15, 2026
They wanted to find out whether the drug could safely reduce nightmares linked to PTSD.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 6, 2026
The last five years have come at a cost to Angharad, who experienced nightmares and still feels angry and distrustful of others.
From BBC ● Jul. 8, 2026
It’s a sea of nightmares in suits, and among them is Schlossberg, the Dennis the Menace we don’t deserve, don’t really want, but are burdened with regardless.
From Slate ● Jun. 18, 2026
A face that now looms in my nightmares.
From "How It Went Down" by Kekla Magoon
