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The phrase "as first feared" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to indicate that a situation has turned out to be as bad or serious as initially thought or anticipated.
Example: "The storm caused more damage than expected, as first feared by the meteorologists."
Alternatives: "as initially feared" or "as previously feared".
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But Gomez's injury is not as serious as first feared.
(Damage from Hurricane Sandy was "not as severe as first feared," Amtrak said).
In others, things may not be so bad as first feared.
Thankfully, the subsequent battery of tests uncovered, not a tumour as first feared, but rather a swollen pituitary gland.
All of which points to the recession being long, if not necessarily as deep as first feared.
Herrera's fractured rib is not as serious as first feared, meaning the summer signing could be available for the match on Monday night.
Police have said there are "no signs of a crime" and that the incident is likely not as large as first feared.
The Forbes SES controller, Rocky Walshaw, said some homes in Forbes had been flooded, but so far it hadn't been as bad as first feared.
A committee of United Nations agencies released a study last fall concluding that the effects were not as dire as first feared.
But it was subsequently reported that the problem was not as serious as first feared, and Bresnan has clearly made a quick recovery.
There was better news for City though when it was revealed that Micah Richards' ankle injury was not as bad as first feared.
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