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dread

adjective as in horrible, terrifying

verb as in anticipate with horror

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You feel the exhilaration of veering off the path, the self-exile of speeding toward nowhere, the dread that this caravan has veered too far for its own safety.

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Everything is examined for infringements, meaning no goal can be celebrated unanimously any more until it has been cleared, with the dreaded checks by Stockley Park hanging over stadiums like a dark cloud.

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Giving birth on “The Handmaid’s Tale” or even “The Pitt” may end in joy, but there’s always a surge of peril and dread in the mix.

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

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We’ve written of our fear of bad drivers, and we launched our trip with that dread.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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