nightmare
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“It continues through every nightmare, every memory, every smell of smoke,” she said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 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
Ludlam, founder of Etchea Energy, said a BBC News interview about the project had turned into a public relations nightmare after fans got wind of what was to happen.
From BBC ● Aug. 9, 2026
I woke up in my bed the next morning, disoriented and panicked, as if I’d had a nightmare.
From "The Science of Breakable Things" by Tae Keller
They also often do little to relieve the nightmares themselves.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 6, 2026
That book caught the eye of Elon Musk, who said its message gave him nightmares.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026
"You have no idea the nightmares I went through in those two weeks trying to save that child," he says.
From BBC ● Jun. 28, 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
Jack woke up from nightmares of a man in green to find that the forest he’d fallen asleep in was gone.
From "Half Upon a Time" by James Riley
