spooky
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The film feels spooky in its prescience, but Ferrell and McKay were far from alone in noticing the culture was heading out of the cities.
From Salon ● Aug. 16, 2026
Coherence is also closely tied to quantum entanglement, the phenomenon that prompted Albert Einstein to describe it as "spooky action at a distance."
From Science Daily ● Jul. 5, 2026
When the anonymous clues take a spooky turn, Felix calls on an unlikely ally to help him solve the final riddle and bring the scavenger hunt to a close.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026
The "spooky" note, dated to 1964, said the coins were winnings from a horse called Santa Claus that ran that year.
From BBC ● Jun. 6, 2026
Harriet stretched out the last word to make it sound spooky.
From "Caterpillar Summer" by Gillian McDunn
At the time, Imagineering wanted to update a relatively “common” chandelier with a spookier, spider web-inspired look.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 17, 2025
While Ortega wore a bright pink Valentino dress to last year's Met Gala, this year she went with a distinctly spookier and more gothic vibe.
From BBC ● May 2, 2023
A more apt slogan for these games might be lonelier, quieter, spookier.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 19, 2022
The event will also tie into the storyline of the ongoing season, which already veered toward the spookier side of things with the invasion of the mysterious cubes and a Stranger Things-esque “Sideways” dimension.
From The Verge ● Oct. 5, 2021
Somehow, seeing her like this was even spookier than seeing her as a mummy.
From "The Last Olympian" by Rick Riordan
Rather, they are merely Halloween-inspired, containing candies that are shaped like bats and cats — undeniably two of the spookiest creatures.
From Salon ● Sep. 29, 2025
Not any more, now that I put together this guide to what to do in and around New York City during the year’s spookiest month.
From New York Times ● Sep. 30, 2023
Consolidation has long been the publishing industry’s buzziest, and probably spookiest, existential threat.
From Slate ● Aug. 11, 2023
Soon enough, Powell was recalling the spookiest things he’d seen in his years at the store.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 19, 2023
It gits almighty cold there in September, an' it was sure the spookiest show I ever seen.
From Humorous Ghost Stories by Dorothy Scarborough
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