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
He embraced the role of migra bogeyman like a tween boy scarfing down a bowl of Warheads, always promising more deportations, more chaos, more more.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 27, 2026
“Uber is no longer the bogeyman it was,” said McNamara.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2025
Genetics seems to be the big driver, reinforcing the argument that autism is a normal human variation and there is no Big Pharma bogeyman at the heart of this issue.
From Slate ● Sep. 25, 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
Once you start to see bogeymen in one place, it's easy to see them everywhere.
From Salon ● Mar. 15, 2025
Both are worldly, well into middle age, and both sense the need to explore their own catacombs and confront the bogeymen within.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 27, 2022
The real-life Jewell endured a nightmare, but the cautionary tale that the movie inadvertently tells is about only being able to see ancient bogeymen as new monsters continue to emerge.
From Slate ● Dec. 9, 2019
When your livelihood is endangered as Reid’s was, and when you’re under fire from people as powerful as the president of the United States, it’s reasonable to see bogeymen around every corner.
From The Guardian ● Dec. 28, 2018
“I rode hyenas after dark! I made chidoma, bogeymen, out of dead bodies! I caused Chipo to have twins! Augh! Augh!”
From "The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm" by Nancy Farmer
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