boogeyman

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The Cowork announcement is “the latest Boogeyman in software,” William Blair analyst Arjun Bhatia wrote in a research note on Thursday, saying the selloff “seems overdone.”

From Barron's • Jan. 15, 2026

Mike, the town sheriff, has to battle the mythical Boogeyman after boys accidentally release it.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 11, 2020

Decades after John Carpenter’s slasher landmark, David Gordon Green has resurrected the faceless Boogeyman of “Halloween” and set him loose on another Halloween night, 40 years later.

From Washington Times • Oct. 15, 2018

In one of Coupland’s works, called Boogeyman in the Sky with Diamonds – the black-on-black image coated with stars – Bin Laden is barely there, but he’s totally there.

From The Guardian • Sep. 10, 2014

Some had taken to calling him Babalu, or Boogeyman.

From "The Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseini