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dread

adjective as in horrible, terrifying

verb as in anticipate with horror

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The first two contestants faced the dreaded Strictly dance-off on Sunday night to decide their fate.

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While watching the cruelty unfold outside the house, where neighbours or passers-by could have easily seen, it left her dreading what horrors were happening behind closed doors.

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Leonberg utilized two lighting skills to plays capturing both Indy’s natural beauty and his expressions, which convey his growing feelings of dread.

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Perhaps just as important, he lasted 91 pitches, allowing Roberts to stay out of the dreaded bullpen as long as humanely possible.

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It is a prospect many in Berry Creek dread, which Connelly said he is well aware of.

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