recurring nightmare

collocation in English

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recurring
adjective
uk
/rɪˈkɜː.rɪŋ/us
/rɪˈkɝː.ɪŋ/
happening many times, or ...
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nightmare
noun[C]
uk
/ˈnaɪt.meər/us
/ˈnaɪt.mer/
a very upsetting or ...
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They have little else by way of assets or income with which to fight the case and the whole bungled affair is arecurringnightmarefor them.
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It is like arecurringnightmare.
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The story starts as he wakes up in his travelling circus trailer after having experienced arecurringnightmare, where he sees the world falling apart.
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The conversation turns to dreams, and each man tells of arecurringnightmare.
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She has cyan hair worn in bunches, and a lot of worries (apparently being especially afraid of spiders and death; "vide" therecurringnightmarecartoon).
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He has hisrecurringnightmareof wife's death, which causes him to transform.
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This brought on arecurringnightmareof being in a passageway with sharks that could read his mind.
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He also draws links between the case and a horrificrecurringnightmarewhich has plagued him all of his life.
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Gabriel also discovers connections between the case and a horrificrecurringnightmarewhich has plagued him all of his life.
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Trish suffers from arecurringnightmarethat her son will suffer the same fate.
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June has herrecurringnightmareagain, only to discover that she is not dreaming and that it is actually happening.
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The protagonist is psychologically disturbed by recurring nightmares.
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Numerous patients who report having this phobia claim the source to be recurring nightmares.
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Diagnosis and medication can only be given to patients that report the recurring nightmares to a psychiatrist or other physician.
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Furthermore, he was plagued by recurring nightmares filled with whiteness.
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