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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.

From BBC

So the band was going to tour to promote “It’s Hard,” which he was dreading as he tried to get clean.

After spending another consecutive weekend with Clark at his place, I was dreading my usual return drive home over the Sepulveda Pass and into the Valley.

The crowd of parents outside a school building, daring to hope, dreading what they might hear.

From Salon

And now, she says, she is dreading 1 June when the disposable vape ban comes in.

From BBC

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