haunt

Example Sentences

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These comments will probably come back to haunt her in the election campaign.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 20, 2026

Nottingham Forest did not deserve to lose against Liverpool last week but scoring goals is still a problem for them, and I feel like it could haunt them again here.

From BBC • Feb. 26, 2026

Garbage-choked streets, overloaded landfills and the fear of trash avalanches haunt greater Jakarta, as the world's most populous metropolis grapples with a waste crisis.

From Barron's • Feb. 17, 2026

These days, he can walk to coffee shops and McDonalds from the swanky, $500-a-night hotel he usually stays at, Cayena, in Caracas’ La Castellana neighborhood, a popular haunt for businessmen and diplomats.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 12, 2026

They had not met up with her, undoubtedly, thought Harry, because she and Dean were cozily closeted in Madam Puddifoot’s Tea Shop, that haunt of happy couples.

From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling