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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

In its original incarnation, it featured Rahma hailing a yellow cab and instructing the driver to take him to a favorite local haunt.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 12, 2026

"A video that I posted a year ago has come back to haunt me, essentially," Chatfield said on Tuesday, shortly after it was confirmed that Holiday had returned home to Australia.

From BBC • May 12, 2026

City boss Pep Guardiola will be hoping it does not come back to haunt his team if Gabriel proves to be a match-winner for Arsenal over the next three games.

From BBC • Apr. 20, 2026

He went to the favorite haunt of Proteus, the island of Pharos, or some say Carpathos.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton




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