zombie
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It is a "zombie city," says 30-year-old resident Juan David Gaitan.
From Barron's ● Aug. 11, 2026
Often known as zombie funds, these funds are no longer raising money or making new acquisitions, in part because fund managers haven’t been able to sell their remaining assets.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026
“The whole time, I was yelling on Twitter about how he’s got to stop it: the AI videos are gonna hurt him, the Basura stuff, the zombie stuff. Like, stop it! Stop it!”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 11, 2026
Chompie described "zombie hacker mode" as being locked into research and testing for hours fulled by energy drinks and adrenaline, often wearing a black hoodie.
From BBC ● May 27, 2026
I just sat there staring at the door to the kitchen like a dumbass zombie trying to find some words.
From "All American Boys" by Jason Reynolds
Setup: The analog characters freak out—“We’re all just landfill now!”—when kids turn into little zombies staring at glowing screens.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 17, 2026
The phrase was used to help describe the game's tense atmosphere, born from its fixed camera angles, forever encroaching zombies and a limited supply of ammunition to shoot them with.
From BBC ● Feb. 27, 2026
At first, the not-so-original idea that phones have turned children into zombies is a Romero-style parody of brain rot.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 12, 2026
Yet despite the local ecclesiastical authorities approving the scene, the installation in central Brussels has come under fire online since opening on Friday, with right-wing Belgian politician Georges-Louis Bouchez even comparing the figures to "zombies".
From Barron's ● Dec. 2, 2025
This is easy to do because they move in slow motion, like a herd of zombies or slugs.
From "All The Bright Places" by Jennifer Niven
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