haunt
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The charges, thrown out on procedural grounds, have continued to haunt him.
From Barron's ● Oct. 4, 2026
Soho House is a popular haunt for A-list celebrities.
From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2026
Stocks have withstood surging yields before—though their especially poor performance just four years ago continues to haunt investors.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 27, 2026
Joseph’s tenacity could come back to haunt his company, which clashed with California regulators over how it handled claims and other issues.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2026
“May his spirit haunt you, Basta!” he said in a solemn voice.
From "Inkheart" by Cornelia Funke
The moment Mingma G first saw his friends on the mountain still haunts him.
From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026
She’s tried them everywhere from McDonald’s to Michelin-starred haunts, in tony European hamlets and Midwestern hockey towns.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 31, 2026
Writers who remained employed on this hollowed-out web were increasingly left wondering where all their favorite haunts had gone.
From Salon ● Aug. 23, 2026
Many of the city's old storied haunts are closed.
From Barron's ● Aug. 18, 2026
But the idea of it haunts Gogol as well.
From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri
The deluge included more than 700 papers covering hundreds of problems across number theory, algebraic geometry and other fields with names that could give people haunted by high-school math a migraine.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026
He later describes his work as “cleansing the world of an ancient evil,” and is haunted by a ghastly vision of a spirit he encountered abroad.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026
I thought this costume was funny, clever, appropriating and reclaiming the narrative that haunted me all my life.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 23, 2026
Antonelli's first season in F1 was haunted by an incident that happened the first time he drove on a grand prix weekend.
From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026
He’s changed into a different suit, but his face still looks haunted.
From "Amari and the Night Brothers" by B.B. Alston
Yet the image of the male Viking warrior stubbornly lingers, drawing crowds while also haunting the galleries like a restless specter.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 23, 2026
There is a strange paradox haunting healthcare investing right now.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 12, 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
The haunting, discordant song was getting louder, mingled with the crack and snap of footsteps.
From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman
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