haunted

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She is also haunted by a secret from her student days and angry about “the intolerable limitations of womanhood.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

When I was growing up, the Cuba I heard about in stories was akin to a floating haunted house.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026

The film makes fantastic use of its single shooting location, tucking horror into every last nook and cranny of this potentially haunted house.

From Salon • Mar. 15, 2026

And always there is Mama, who haunted her life and haunts her memoir, though Ms. Minnelli wants it understood that she’s her own personage.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 6, 2026

Although the final draft of the document was conspicuously silent on slavery, the subject itself haunted the closed-door debates.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis