haunt
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Hollywood may be ghostly, the Duchess told us, but it was hers to haunt.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 22, 2026
This, he warned, "could come back to haunt us in defence" - because the defence budget is calculated as a percentage of national income.
From BBC ● Jun. 18, 2026
The hostilities haunt many Lebanese, who endured the country’s last chaotic civil war.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 9, 2026
And his two walks with less than two out in the seventh came back to haunt him, as both baserunners scored on Arenado’s double off the wall.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 3, 2026
They haunt the windows of derelict buildings, appearing like wraiths, disappearing as quickly.
From "Without Refuge" by Jane Mitchell
Thus, for much of the season, Widow’s Bay reads as a non-Derry substitute for all the author’s Maine-area haunts.
From Salon ● Jun. 18, 2026
But it’s Big Baby, a crayon-tattooed, life-size enforcer in “Toy Story 3,” that still haunts me.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 17, 2026
Smartphone exposure haunts the stock despite diversifying into cars and data centers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 17, 2026
The trial featured testimony from Stumo's relatives, including father Michael Stumo, who said the disaster still haunts the family.
From Barron's ● May 13, 2026
And the sight of you almost dying of the fever haunts me.
From "What the Night Sings" by Vesper Stamper
As true as that is, decades later, Ms. Stevens appears haunted by how well, in this case, she did her job.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026
Patricia, from Bebington on the Wirral, said that what haunted her was that Anthony wouldn't have fought back.
From BBC ● Jul. 10, 2026
Many Pacific islands are "still haunted by the legacy of World War II fought in the region, as well as the long term effects of nuclear testing", said Nobetau.
From Barron's ● Jul. 10, 2026
The Tonopah Historic Mining Park is a big tourist attraction, along with the Clown Motel and other lodging establishments supposedly haunted by the ghosts of dead miners and other paranormal phenomena.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 14, 2026
“I can’t take it anymore! I am guilty! Guilty! I’m haunted each and every night by you! This money is cursed!”
From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan
That made for a haunting contrast with the films of Oskar Fischinger, his two shorts all vibrant colors moving in abstract patterns.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 10, 2026
The ways the siblings cope with their versions of reality are quite different, quite haunting and quite thought-provoking.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 1, 2026
“Born in the U.S.A.” is as haunting today to listen to as it was when he first sang it in 1984.
From Salon ● May 29, 2026
The Gwangju uprising forms the haunting backdrop to Nobel laureate Han Kang's novel Human Acts.
From Barron's ● May 26, 2026
They started making steel in Levittown only as far back as 1952, but the reality and sentiment of Springsteen’s haunting requiem applies just the same.
From "Drama High" by Michael Sokolove
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