ghost

Example Sentences

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The ghosts of recessions past lead businesses to trim not just fat but muscle and bone.

From The Wall Street Journal

Here, snow leopards are often called the "ghosts of the mountains", slipping silently across rocky slopes and rarely revealing themselves.

From BBC

And there have been other ghosts in Sassafras Springs.

From Literature

He simply buys a vacuum that comes with a two-week warranty and, to his annoyance, also includes a ghost that wakes him up in the middle of the night.

From Los Angeles Times

The deportations continued and the ghetto began to seem like a ghost town.

From Literature