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haunt

[hawnt, hahnt, hant] / hɔnt, hɑnt, hænt /






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That’s the song that flooded my house when my children were teenagers, and it will likely haunt them all their lives.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026

It's one of the most famous photographs capturing the aftermath of the Aberfan disaster, but its success has come to haunt the man who took it.

From BBC • May 10, 2026

Of course, this can come back to haunt us at any time, but the stock’s reaction speaks volumes.

From Barron's • Apr. 15, 2026

That can come back to haunt or help us.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 7, 2026

Nor did the free wild geese, his sometime followers, ever again settle on the other island—previously a haunt of theirs—from which their captain had been spirited away.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White




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