haunt
Example Sentences
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That can come back to haunt or help us.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 7, 2026
That’s when the specter of penalty shootouts past returned to haunt the Azzurri all at once.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 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
Smith’s high jinks with the press and Seabiscuit’s recent history of scratches had come back to haunt him.
From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand
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