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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dreading
fearing
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An overflow crowd that spilled out in to the hallway pleaded passionately with the Granbury City Council this week to hold off annexing more than 2,000 acres of undeveloped land just west of the city, fearing developers will build another data center or other sprawling industry.—
Elizabeth Campbell,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
10 Jan. 2026 -
None of them would talk about these instances on the record, fearing retaliation from companies.—
Alex Reisner,
The Atlantic,
9 Jan. 2026
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“Dreading.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dreading. Accessed 19 Jan. 2026.
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