ghost
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An incinerator scheme to help clean up the ecological catastrophe turned out to be a vast multi-million-dollar scam that included a "ghost" incinerator for the capital Tirana that was never built.
From Barron's ● Oct. 8, 2026
In the same thread, though, came the rebuttal: there were good ghost kitchens.
From Salon ● Oct. 3, 2026
Cloned and ghost plates undermine the police's ability to track organised criminals, says Tony Porter, a former senior counter-terrorism officer who has advised the government on surveillance cameras.
From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2026
I wanted to incorporate elements of gothic ghost stories, true crime, psychological thrillers all in a setting I hadn’t really shot in much.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 28, 2026
For a moment I thought I was looking at a ghost.
From "Black Star, Bright Dawn" by Scott O'Dell
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Under the "ghosts of predators past" hypothesis, pronghorns became exceptionally fast because they evolved alongside a cheetah-like predator capable of high-speed pursuit.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 8, 2026
Leaders in Silicon Valley increasingly see ghosts in the machine and speak openly in spiritual terms to a generally secular tech world.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 5, 2026
Set in Hawaii, “Ghost Market” will follow a young content creator named Kyle who encounters hungry ghosts.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 15, 2026
“I was like, ‘Hey, you’ve got ghosts on this show, you know?
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 3, 2026
Jonah remembered that lists and ghosts and the FBI weren’t all they had to worry about.
From "Found" by Margaret Peterson Haddix
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It was a bit of a buzzkill, so I just gave up on him — and ghosted him.
From Los Angeles Times ● 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
My mother ghosted me after my father died.
From MarketWatch ● Dec. 19, 2025
“You won’t. That’s why you ghosted on him?”
From "On the Come Up" by Angie Thomas
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The primary driver of the narrative is an unnamed writer who has approached a famous actor — the M of the title — with the proposition of ghosting her autobiography.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 24, 2026
“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
Discovery WBD 4.41%increase; green up pointing triangle was in trouble when the company’s CEO, David Zaslav, started ghosting him.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 9, 2025
Pocock was ghosting over the water as if effortlessly, his boat ethereal looking in a light mist that had settled on the water.
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
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