haunt
Example Sentences
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Shaky defense, however, came back to haunt the Padres the next inning.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 28, 2026
His "if there isn't alignment here, we're dead in the water before we start" comment at the fans' Q&A last month could come back to haunt him and the club.
From BBC • Jun. 11, 2026
But these same strange, delicate, leggy arthropods also haunt our nightmares.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026
"A video that I posted a year ago has come back to haunt me, essentially," Chatfield said on Tuesday, shortly after it was confirmed that Holiday had returned home to Australia.
From BBC • May 12, 2026
When I tune back in minutes later, Mom’s telling Jude that unlike Grandma Sweetwine, she’d haunt us flamboyantly and persistently, no quick visits in the car for her.
From "I'll Give You the Sun" by Jandy Nelson
Vocabulary lists containing haunt
The Grim Reader: Wicked Words of Grave Importance for Halloween
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"Macbeth" Vocabulary from Act I
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Uncanny, Creepy, or Downright Scary: Words For Halloween
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