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incubus

[in-kyuh-buhs, ing-] / ˈɪn kyə bəs, ˈɪŋ- /


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Either side of this 10-foot incubus Bryan Robson and Peter Shilton pose supportively, like game but frightened parents.

From The Guardian • Jul. 17, 2020

But, as Pope Francis has said, there is a moral incubus on mankind to make a reality of Article 6 of the agreement pledging the abolition of nuclear weapons altogether. 

From US News • Aug. 10, 2015

At some midpoint in this incubus, it seemed that nothing would ever seem stupid, or at least surprisingly stupid, ever again.

From Slate

Free of the Nixon incubus, Dole's dilemma is ended.

From Time Magazine Archive

The end to which these incipient reasonings would lead him was not, and could not, then, be manifest to him; or Joe, scarcely rid of his fanatical incubus, would have revolted from them with horror.

From Wise Saws and Modern Instances, Volume II (of 2) by Cooper, Thomas




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