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Vacant apartment complexes dubbed "ghost cities" have sparked debate on Chinese social media about the impact of speculative buying and the country's real estate excesses.

From Barron's ● Jul. 15, 2026

The folk beliefs held by Ildr and her elders—the certainty that all things are animated by spirits—is not so different from the evocation of a ghost in the data-center machine.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026

Shoppers in Somerset and Bristol reported supermarket fridges switched off and empty, while engineers in Wiltshire reported record call-outs to home fridges that have "given up the ghost".

From BBC ● Jul. 2, 2026

But he’ll return, as a ghost, to criticize his son, who, admittedly, has grown staid and stale in his life, his marriage and his work, whatever that’s been.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 30, 2026

He knew every major and minor detail in Boaz’s life, from his particularly harrowing ghost encounters to his latest film obsession.

From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny

Hamilton was clearly not willing to dig up the ghosts of a race that still haunts him, but said: "Yeah, same as George said. Not really much more to add."

From BBC ● Jul. 5, 2026

Daisy’s husband Matt, for one, feels torn about the spoopiness that retailers foreground with their shelves of pastel pumpkins and rainbow-hued ghosts, and not just because of the aesthetics.

From Salon ● Jun. 30, 2026

At Ojai, Lewis wistfully performed the solo prelude off in Libbey Park shrubbery as if a dallying forest spirit summoning ghosts of festivals past.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 23, 2026

Here’s a story filled with ghosts of Wall Street’s past.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 31, 2026

He didn’t see any evidence of ghosts or intruders.

From "Found" by Margaret Peterson Haddix

“Between ghost jobs and being ghosted, it was infuriating,” she said — referring to “ghost job” listings for positions that are either already filled or don’t really exist.

From MarketWatch ● May 15, 2026

“The other was for a retail position at a local Kohl’s, which ghosted me.”

From Slate ● Apr. 20, 2026

Drean picked up Ramos's crossfield kick in acres of space to score before Gailleton ghosted in for the final try.

From Barron's ● Feb. 22, 2026

In her first significant film role, Laruelle sharply conveys Perla’s fragile mental state as she gradually accepts that her boyfriend has ghosted her.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 16, 2026

But the streets were ghosted, colorless and hushed.

From "Fever 1793" by Laurie Halse Anderson

“The ghosting thing is a very real problem,” he said — adding that hasn’t seen any evidence that a cover letter improves the chances of a response for GigHQ users.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 15, 2026

I matched with a Glen Powell type again, 10 years after ghosting him.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 22, 2026

But in 2026, not a single Hollywood blockbuster is programmed there, raising questions about why US studios are ghosting the event.

From Barron's ● May 11, 2026

The appeal of ghosting may be inseparable from the question of what—if anything—of us truly exists in the in-between spaces that information technology makes possible.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2025

“For not telling everyone my secret. For ghosting her. And because she wanted the attention for being on Scrollr.”

From "Bye Forever, I Guess" by Jodi Meadows