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The scene everyone is dreading and/or waiting for doesn’t exist, so what exists in its place?

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Whether you're excited for the seasonal sales or absolutely dreading them, it's hard to miss the countless emails and social media adverts on Black Friday deals.

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Mamá told the girls, and I headed home to them, rushing to comfort them yet dreading what I knew was to come.

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Everything he’d been dreading was coming together in one terrible moment.

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

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