ghoul
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Turns out he’s a modern-day Samson: his lack of hair was the reason he was such a soulless ghoul.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 31, 2025
Taking a pause to gather herself from his blunt answer, the comedian tried again to one-up the mendacious ghoul.
From Salon ● Jan. 2, 2024
Whatever the mind conjures up, custom-made for unique neuroses and fears, may well be scarier than any tangible monster or ghoul.
From New York Times ● Oct. 3, 2023
The young ghoul hunter led four other Ghostbusters through the library in search of paranormal activity, before capturing a ghost, taking it to West Yorkshire Police and receiving a certificate of thanks from the mayor.
From BBC ● Jun. 13, 2022
He reminded Jason a little too much of a flesh-eating ghoul he’d once fought in San Bernardino.
From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan
However, as the season goes on, "even Rue can't quite make you care about this sorry group of amoral ghouls, who seem to loathe themselves as much as each other", Halls concluded.
From BBC ● Apr. 13, 2026
Others were more sympathetic but still unsettled by what he was doing not only to himself but also to his teenage children, who will have to deal with the ugly reactions of social-media ghouls.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 31, 2026
The streets are full of ghouls, masked horrors, and terrifying make-up—also it will be Halloween soon.
From Slate ● Oct. 24, 2025
These ghouls straddle the line between romance and predation, and Eggers’ Orlok is no different.
From Salon ● Dec. 24, 2024
There was no need to tell him to make haste: he also had been thinking a good deal about ghouls.
From "The Horse and His Boy" by C.S. Lewis
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