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haunt

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






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Arco Renz’s choreography of the students as they haunt the present day makes their distress visible through physical contortions.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 2026

Motsinger, now 84, used to work as a waitress at a restaurant called the Trident in Sausalito, near San Francisco, that was a haunt for celebrities, including Cosby.

From BBC • Mar. 23, 2026

Or is it more like Freddy Krueger, coming back to haunt the gullible?

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 22, 2026

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

From MarketWatch • Mar. 20, 2026

“Maybe I’ll come back and haunt your D-twenties. Those dice are too unlucky for you.”

From "Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky" by Kwame Mbalia




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