dire
Example Sentences
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“The most dire predictions didn’t come to pass. The market remains fairly robust,” said Meredith Freed, senior policy manager with KFF’s program on Medicare policy.
From MarketWatch
And none of the experts warned me of potentially dire consequences.
Artificial intelligence joins a long list of industries that have prompted dire insider warnings.
Greeting visitors is a dire panorama of nonfunctioning wells, battered pipelines and empty storage tanks, among other markers of decline.
From Los Angeles Times
Officials have warned she may be in dire health without her medication.
From BBC
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