21.   His nightmare begins when the tables are turned.

22.   I could tomorrow, and I know that if I do, normal life will end for me, and the nightmare will begin again.

23.   Just as the Christmas lights begin to sparkle, the annual nightmare begins.

24.   Joe Perreault has slept maybe two hours of each day since this nightmare began.

25.   Last winter, before the nightmare began, they were high school sweethearts in the wealthy suburbs of Bergen County, N.J.

26.   The first-inning nightmare began when Bichette slammed a three-run blast over the left-field wall.

27.   The nightmare is beginning to take shape.

28.   The nightmare began early for the Dodgers.

29.   The nightmare was only beginning.

30.   The nightmares began a few days after Jolisa Geneeha was wrenched from the jaws of two Siberian huskies.