bogeyman
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The world-ending A.I. bogeyman becomes even less believable when the warnings are placed in proper context.
From Salon ● Sep. 12, 2026
This particular European bogeyman dates back to 2014, when the U.S. and the European Union were negotiating a trans-Atlantic trade agreement.
From Slate ● Feb. 13, 2026
“Uber is no longer the bogeyman it was,” said McNamara.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2025
Keith Anderson, chief executive of Scottish Power, says: "The government has taken on the planning bogeyman to unlock growth and get us building. That's why the UK is now Iberdrola's biggest investment destination globally."
From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2025
“Now, now, sweetie,” Pa said to Miss Hendrix, the same way he told Fern, “Now, now baby girl. Ain’t no bogeyman in the radiator pipe.”
From "P.S. Be Eleven" by Rita Williams-Garcia
Still, Kimmel’s comment was at worst an anodyne observation touching on the fact that the accused, a white guy from Utah, did not fit the archetypes of typical far-right bogeymen.
From Slate ● Sep. 18, 2025
Once you start to see bogeymen in one place, it's easy to see them everywhere.
From Salon ● Mar. 15, 2025
In unflattering media coverage, the bogeymen comparisons veer from the Grinch to the Hood, the bald-headed, bushy-eyebrowed baddie from 1960s puppet TV series.
From BBC ● Dec. 12, 2022
And none of this implicates the usual bogeymen of the housing crisis, the big housebuilding companies.
From The Guardian ● Apr. 19, 2019
Maureen, who was four and had a terrible fear of bogeymen, kept dreaming that intruders in Halloween masks were coming through the open doors to get us.
From "The Glass Castle" by Jeannette Walls
