haunted

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But history is the unseen guest at every table; the country remains haunted by the memory of the hyperinflation that devastated the economy in the 1920s and helped propel the Nazis to power.

From BBC • Mar. 27, 2026

The Chargers, meanwhile, take an offensive lineman to address the need that haunted them all last season after they were ravaged by injuries up front.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 17, 2026

Meanwhile, the war is producing the kind of backlash that has haunted every modern American intervention.

From Salon • Mar. 14, 2026

And always there is Mama, who haunted her life and haunts her memoir, though Ms. Minnelli wants it understood that she’s her own personage.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 6, 2026

The feeling that he could visit Amanda in dreams haunted Abel.

From "Abel's Island" by William Steig