specter
Example Sentences
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Earlier this year, the company warned it could soon run out of money, raising the specter of bankruptcy.
From MarketWatch • May 20, 2026
But now, the specter of sky-high oil prices looms over economic growth for the rest of the year.
From Barron's • Apr. 30, 2026
That should help the economy grow, even as the AI boom raises the specter of more white-collar job losses.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 25, 2026
In the early 1790s the Whiskey Rebellion against federal taxation raised the specter of national disintegration.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026
In the hot parlor, beside the specter of the pianola shrouded in a white sheet, Colonel Aureliano Buendía did not sit down that time inside the chalk circle that his aides had drawn.
From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
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