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With her horse trainer husband Christian away working in Cheltenham, she and Betsy were ushered into a room where they received the news Charlotte had been dreading.

From BBC • Oct. 26, 2024

The King told Ms Truss that losing his mother was the day he had been dreading and that he must "try and keep everything going".

From BBC • Sep. 9, 2022

Passengers with bookings on June 1 had been dreading a repeat of the chaos on April 1 and again on May 1.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 1, 2022

I joined them again that morning, as they packed their car for the trip, which Lisa confessed she had been dreading.

From BBC • Mar. 6, 2022

It was at dinner on their first day back at Falling Water that Citra finally broached the subject she had been dreading.

From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman