haunted
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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
The film makes fantastic use of its single shooting location, tucking horror into every last nook and cranny of this potentially haunted house.
From Salon • Mar. 15, 2026
Some of them are haunted by their pasts.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 10, 2026
Speaking outside court Antonia Gawith said she was "haunted" by the knowledge she was the intended target, adding that "no sentence can heal the pain they caused".
From BBC • Mar. 6, 2026
A return to clay and plaster followed, and ghostly casts of her acquaintances haunted corners of the house, or tumbled off closet shelves onto people’s heads.
From "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott
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