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dreading

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present participle of dread

as in fearing

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Many of them took to Reddit to decry the changes, fearing that the company would use their content to create AI therapists that would replace them.

— Amanda Erickson, STAT, 20 Oct. 2026
Ethiopia and five other countries backed it; Egypt and Sudan declined to sign, fearing their water shares could be reduced.

— KHALED KAZZIHA, Fortune, 19 Oct. 2026

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