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long-dreaded - definition and meaning
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Will the long-dreaded day of reckoning for Chinese development finally arrive because of environmental disaster?
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Friday's protest in Tunis, the seaside capital, started at the long-dreaded Interior Ministry then moved to Ghannouchi's offices.
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We know the finale focuses on the long-dreaded sacrifice ritual, which means more than one character's life is at stake.
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The war would likely have ended very shortly without it or a bloody American invasion planned for months later, largely because of the Soviets finally declaring war on Japan -- an event long-dreaded by Japanese leaders.
Greg Mitchell: The Day After: Why Hiroshima Matters Today Greg Mitchell 2011
The second line marks the "downgrade apocalypse" we'd been hearing about for months - the long-dreaded downgrade, a moment we were told would lead to a plunge in the stock market.
Richard (RJ) Eskow: A Super Committee "Failure" Wouldn't Hurt The Economy - But a "Success" Sure Would RJ 2011
Will the long-dreaded day of reckoning for Chinese development finally arrive because of environmental disaster?
How America Can Rise Again 2010
The second line marks the "downgrade apocalypse" we'd been hearing about for months - the long-dreaded downgrade, a moment we were told would lead to a plunge in the stock market.
Richard (RJ) Eskow: A Super Committee "Failure" Wouldn't Hurt The Economy - But a "Success" Sure Would RJ 2011
The war would likely have ended very shortly without it (or a bloody American invasion planned for months later), largely because of the Soviets finally declaring war on Japan -- an event long-dreaded by Japanese leaders.
Greg Mitchell: U.S. Sends Envoy to Hiroshima for First Time -- But Use of Bomb, Then and Now, Still Defended 2010
BAGHDAD -- The U.S. military is on track to draw down to 50,000 troops in Iraq by the end of the summer, but it now faces the long-dreaded prospect that its exit could coincide with a power vacuum similar to the one that drove the country to civil war in 2006.
Despite political uncertainties in Iraq, U.S. sticking with drawdown plan 2010
BAGHDAD -- The U.S. military is on track to draw down to 50,000 troops in Iraq by the end of the summer, but it now faces the long-dreaded prospect that its exit could coincide with a power vacuum similar to the one that drove the country to civil war in 2006.
Despite political uncertainties in Iraq, U.S. sticking with drawdown plan 2010
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