ghost
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Next to it, a small ghost peeps furtively through a window.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026
“I call that ghost approval. Technically, you approved it,” Herres said.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 13, 2026
Halloween attraction for more than 20 years, will now be a ghost.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026
This included "ghost speedboats" which are designed to avoid registration and detection, which are prohibited in Spain.
From BBC ● Aug. 7, 2026
“Daisy,” I interrupted in a low voice, “is this old man a ghost or something?”
From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls
"Criminals are like ghosts," he said, in a low voice.
From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2026
Homer’s trip to the land of the dead is crowded with ghosts from Odysseus’ past and Greek legend.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2026
For Dan Tana’s, as far as ghosts go, they comprise a who’s who of Hollywood royalty.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 2026
Here, he realizes a triptych of vivid musical postcards recalling the American past: “The Saint-Gaudens in Boston Common,” a hazy conjuring of Civil War ghosts embodied by a memorial to Col.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 30, 2026
Sure, we were both haunted by the ghosts of Warne men.
From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan
"Right after I sent the money, they ghosted me. It's horrible. I am so sad and heartbroken," says the 26-year-old.
From BBC ● Jun. 21, 2026
“Between ghost jobs and being ghosted, it was infuriating,” she said — referring to “ghost job” listings for positions that are either already filled or don’t really exist.
From MarketWatch ● May 15, 2026
“The other was for a retail position at a local Kohl’s, which ghosted me.”
From Slate ● Apr. 20, 2026
Drean picked up Ramos's crossfield kick in acres of space to score before Gailleton ghosted in for the final try.
From Barron's ● Feb. 22, 2026
The wind had picked up, and the smell of rain ghosted through the air like dinner cooking.
From "As Brave As You" by Jason Reynolds
“The ghosting thing is a very real problem,” he said — adding that hasn’t seen any evidence that a cover letter improves the chances of a response for GigHQ users.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 15, 2026
But in 2026, not a single Hollywood blockbuster is programmed there, raising questions about why US studios are ghosting the event.
From Barron's ● May 11, 2026
The appeal of ghosting may be inseparable from the question of what—if anything—of us truly exists in the in-between spaces that information technology makes possible.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2025
"This idea of ghosting someone can be really, really cruel," she adds.
From BBC ● Sep. 20, 2025
It had been such a rainy May, and the basement felt appropriately cryptlike: cobwebs around the doorframe ghosting our faces, that smell of dirt and rot and trapped air, and it was dark, totally dark.
From "The Miseducation of Cameron Post" by emily m. danforth
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