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ghost
noun as in spirit of the dead
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European finance has finally laid the ghosts of 2008 to rest.
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As a teenager—Shelley started writing “Frankenstein” at 18—she was known to swap ghost stories with a circle of friends.
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The stories in “After Midnight” are not ghost stories—or rather they are not exactly that.
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With apologies to Ibsen’s ghost, DaCosta’s tweaks have sharpened its rage.
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Not all ghost stories need to be scary—or toothless dark romantasy.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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