as in dread
something or someone that causes fear or dread especially without reason
Form 1040 has always been his personal black beast, and he puts off dealing with it for as long as he can
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Based on a 1967 Chevrolet Impala, the black beast is powered by a powerful Chevy V-8 and features parts sourced from a British Harrier fighter jet.
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Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 11 Mar. 2022
Under the hood, the black beast is equipped with a 6.6-liter V-8 mated to an M40 three-speed automatic transmission.
—Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 27 Jan. 2022
As such, the replica is the spitting image of Batman’s black beast, but decidedly more eco-friendly.
—Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 7 Feb. 2022
This gives the black beast the speed and handling needed to escape any sticky situations.
—Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 2 Aug. 2021
Malone's black beast in the closet is threatening Alaska now.
—Author: Charles Wohlforth | Opinion, Anchorage Daily News, 2 Mar. 2018
Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 11 Mar. 2022
Under the hood, the black beast is equipped with a 6.6-liter V-8 mated to an M40 three-speed automatic transmission.
—Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 27 Jan. 2022
As such, the replica is the spitting image of Batman’s black beast, but decidedly more eco-friendly.
—Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 7 Feb. 2022
This gives the black beast the speed and handling needed to escape any sticky situations.
—Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 2 Aug. 2021
Malone's black beast in the closet is threatening Alaska now.
—Author: Charles Wohlforth | Opinion, Anchorage Daily News, 2 Mar. 2018
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And perhaps most importantly, a tight, suspenseful plot: The story should evoke a rising sense of dread, luring the reader into a world where danger lurks around every corner and suffering skulks in the shadows.Jordan Kopy, People.com, 18 Oct. 2024
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The strike — one of the deepest inside Lebanon since Israel’s invasion this month — has provoked feelings of dread for residents of Aitou and other Christian villages in the north.Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 18 Oct. 2024
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Just a couple of months later this second tale of beneath-the-waves terror swam onto screens.Clark Collis, EW.com, 30 Oct. 2024
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Editor’s picks The 100 Best TV Episodes of All Time The 250 Greatest Guitarists of All Time The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time The 200 Greatest Singers of All Time Perhaps part of the point is to work through that anxiety, make light of the terror.Elisabeth Garber-Paul, Rolling Stone, 26 Oct. 2024
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Author and Middle East expert Rebekah Koffler lays out how Israeli spy services exploit human psychology and their enemies' reliance on technology to protect the Jewish State.Fox News Staff, Fox News, 25 Oct. 2024
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The cast here is most believable as young people—enemies or not—who stay up all night and then fall asleep in a pile, like puppies in long grass.Helen Shaw, The New Yorker, 25 Oct. 2024
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Working as an investigator for the Bureau for Paranormal Research and Defense (B.P.R.D.), Hellboy is sent to England to battle an ancient sorceress, Nimue the Blood Queen (Milla Jovovich), who is determined to unleash a deadly plague on humanity and bring about the apocalypse.Travis Bean, Forbes, 19 Oct. 2024
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But the world itself isn’t getting better; the pair are mostly evading its reach, fighting off the nameless queen of darkness who is spreading the plague as their journey gets darker and deeper into the recesses of their mind in search of hope.Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 15 Oct. 2024
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