worst nightmare
noun
: the thing someone fears most
Losing a child is every parent's worst nightmare.
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What should be a life-changing moment quickly spirals into their worst nightmare as the duo becomes entangled in a web of kidnapping, blackmail and murder.
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Nancy Tartaglione, Deadline, 4 Dec. 2024
Guerrero shouldn't get a blank check, but the Blue Jays' worst nightmare is a bidding war in free agency.
—Benedict Cosgrove, Newsweek, 20 Dec. 2024
Fair warning here that this piece deals with a parent’s worst nightmare: the loss of a child.
—Chris Wheatley, Longreads, 3 Dec. 2024
Catherine is a tease, a seductress — a teenager’s wet dream and a mother’s worst nightmare.
—Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 22 Oct. 2024
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Nancy Tartaglione, Deadline, 4 Dec. 2024
Guerrero shouldn't get a blank check, but the Blue Jays' worst nightmare is a bidding war in free agency.
—Benedict Cosgrove, Newsweek, 20 Dec. 2024
Fair warning here that this piece deals with a parent’s worst nightmare: the loss of a child.
—Chris Wheatley, Longreads, 3 Dec. 2024
Catherine is a tease, a seductress — a teenager’s wet dream and a mother’s worst nightmare.
—Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 22 Oct. 2024
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“Worst nightmare.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/worst%20nightmare. Accessed 7 Jan. 2025.
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