dread

As a millennial who views artificial intelligence with skepticism and dread, imagine my surprise when my septuagenarian parents became obsessed with Claude.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026

But since the rings select their bearers by asking whether they’re afraid during an ambush designed to create dread, the test favors those for whom life never presents anything to fear.

From Salon ● Aug. 14, 2026

"We're lucky. For the moment we haven't found any dead animal. It's what we dread, because it's very hot," she said.

From Barron's ● Jul. 30, 2026

Part of that attention is aimed at Burwell’s score, a masterpiece of electronic minimalism in which pitch bends and hard clashes create the dread and whiplash that make the film so tense.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2026

I thought of poor Kessler, and the sick dread in my stomach returned.

From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff

His elderly parents and children remain in Russia and he dreads uprooting his family.

From Barron's ● Aug. 14, 2026

She dreads the day a doctor may offer her the option: an indication that the state is resigned to give up on people like her.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 11, 2025

Ferrara admits she could also just drive to the Nevada city, but she dreads the prospect of a four-hour-plus ride.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 8, 2025

She now tries to get abroad at least once a year, but dreads flying because she does not know what assistance she will receive from the airport and airline.

From BBC ● Jul. 26, 2025

Still, Lee cannot bring himself to utter the one word he dreads most: surrender.

From "Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever" by Bill O'Reilly

When most people get the dreaded denial alert, they often give up.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026

"I suffered from body dysmorphia for years because of that, believing that no matter how strong, thin or young I was, there was no escaping the dreaded cottage cheese thighs."

From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2026

But they wake up on race day with the dreaded red signal on their watch telling them they haven’t fully recovered from a shake-out run the day before.

From Slate ● Aug. 11, 2026

But I live in fear of the moment when the conversation takes that dreaded turn toward the last redoubt of small talk: What do you do?

From Salon ● Jul. 23, 2026

Mama had already set up the dreaded frame of branches and there were strings of hide nearby that she would use to tie the skin up tight so that it could be worked.

From "The Birchbark House" by Louise Erdrich

And we’re dreading the coming costs to move our cars and some furnishings to the West Coast.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 23, 2026

"We were dreading him coming back", they said.

From BBC ● Jul. 21, 2026

And so I was dreading having to editorialize about this, but fortunately a pollster did it for me.

From Slate ● Jun. 16, 2026

The couple is among thousands of immigrant parents hiding in their homes in Minneapolis, dreading that federal agents will come knocking.

From Barron's ● Feb. 2, 2026

I’m not surprised he brings it up; we’ve already talked about how I was dreading today.

From "Love, Hate & Other Filters" by Samira Ahmed