ghost

Example Sentences

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And she essentially says that this has been a set of cases that ended Wednesday with what she describes as a kind of dead letter, a ghost of whatever Section 2 was.

From Slate • Apr. 30, 2026

Wael el-Nahas, an economist, said the early closures had turned Cairo into a "ghost town", running counter to the city's distinct social character and threatening its vital tourism industry.

From Barron's • Apr. 28, 2026

What’s left is a shared ghost, an apparition that connects the two women.

From Salon • Apr. 24, 2026

So getting an opportunity to give my take on a great character helps a lot to push me out of the shadows of that large ghost that could otherwise be hanging over the project.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 22, 2026

“But there was a ghost in Gravesend, an old classmate, hit by a car, buried without his foot and really mad about it. He kept messing with the streetlights....”

From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny