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haunt

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






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Curry, who died Tuesday at 80, made a gleefully evil turn as a clown that sparked nightmares for legions of Gen X and millennial viewers that continue to haunt to this day.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 26, 2026

By 2030, that decision could come back to haunt the U.S.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 24, 2026

Although he understood Opel's need to remain competitive globally, he worried that a strategy of cutting German engineering expertise could eventually "come back to haunt them in the long run".

From Barron's Aug. 16, 2026

Spider-Man finds time to haunt MJ’s Instagram stories amidst all manner of chaos breaking out in the streets of New York and beyond?

From Salon Aug. 3, 2026

“You better be saving me, Beyonce, or I swear I will come back like one of those too-much-eyeliner ghosts in a Japanese movie and haunt you forever!”

From "Beauty Queens" by Libba Bray

So when Flowers moved back home and started revisiting his childhood haunts, his passion for country was rekindled.

From BBC Aug. 21, 2026

Many of the city's old storied haunts are closed.

From Barron's Aug. 18, 2026

It’s during a monologue in the seventh episode that we learn what haunts Wyck most: the guilt of causing his childhood friend’s drowning, which has weighed on him ever since.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 11, 2026

“It’s a question that haunts our thoughts: Did the people of that time simply not die?”

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 8, 2026

“Tis whispered that she loves the young English artist who haunts her steps, and is spurned by the old Count,” said the lady, as they joined the dance.

From "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott

Sitting on the ground outside the hospital's entrance was a father who had lost his newborn son, and was now haunted by fears his wife might also die.

From Barron's Aug. 27, 2026

At some point between the blacksmithery heat, second loaf of cinnamon bread and feeling my soul leave my body aboard a haunted coal mine coaster, it hit me that this simply will never happen again.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 26, 2026

The detective recalls with horror the case that has haunted her, in which similar accusations were made by another of the counselor’s patients.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 13, 2026

“Of all the places on Earth you could pick for a meeting about the fate of the human race, you picked a haunted house in Iceland?”

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 13, 2026

Moss was thrilled to see them all, but the previous night’s confrontation still haunted him.

From "Anger Is a Gift" by Mark Oshiro

I can vividly recall the haunting aftertaste, the glorious specificity of the experience.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 25, 2026

Here is a writer and director with not just plenty on his mind, but the preternatural proficiency to execute those ideas in haunting, humorous and really quite moving ways.

From Salon Aug. 24, 2026

The post has 10 million views. , externalComments describe it as "nightmare fuel" and "genuinely haunting", suggesting it had been pulled from a 'cursed attic'.

From BBC Aug. 23, 2026

This poses a haunting dilemma for those in the capital.

From Barron's Aug. 16, 2026

The haunting melody, with its simple drone, still echoes among the rough wooden benches and tables.

From "The Inquisitor's Tale" by Adam Gidwitz




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