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dreaded

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past tense of dread

as in feared

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Emily Oneschuk, the sister of Andrew, feared her brother was radicalizing as a white supremacist and as a potential school-shooter type.

— Elisabeth Garber-Paul, Rolling Stone, 3 Oct. 2026
James Hager’s dramatic body camera footage, which showed him being battered, and Mansfield theorizes Lopez feared a conviction was likely.

— David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 2 Oct. 2026

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