Example Sentences
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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
Entering Sunday, 12 soccer players had received a dreaded red card in the 2026 World Cup.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 5, 2026
Nowhere in my vision are hours or days spent waiting for a health insurer to determine whether such a treatment plan is covered — the dreaded exercise known as prior authorization.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 27, 2026
Framed this way, mathematicians are not in a race against A.I.s, waiting for the dreaded Kasparov moment when we become supplanted.
From Slate ● Jun. 22, 2026
The word that captured the essence of the Virginians’ political mentality was consolidation, as in “the dreaded consolidation that was denied by the friends of the new government, when it was under consideration.”
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
