apparitions

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Boone is responsible for tremendous environmental harm but remains unrepentant, even as other apparitions materialize seeking to shame him into confessing his sins.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 23, 2026

"A lot of the time we're just scared of these apparitions that we've created and these narratives that we've foisted upon other people."

From Salon • Aug. 21, 2024

There has been no shortage of controversy surrounding reported apparitions or other supernatural phenomena.

From Seattle Times • May 16, 2024

To do so, he elicits help from fellow students, but their presentation is derailed by unlikely apparitions: a conquistador, a small child, Laura Linney.

From New York Times • Mar. 29, 2024

In the past few days Clara had reverted to her visionary tasks, speaking with apparitions and spending hours writing in her notebooks.

From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende