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haunt

[hawnt, hahnt, hant] / hɔnt, hɑnt, hænt /






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The newfound fortunes can haunt those who left SK Hynix and Samsung just before the memory-chip gold rush.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 10, 2026

But this time, they came back to haunt him and he was arrested in September 2023.

From Barron's Aug. 10, 2026

Spider-Man finds time to haunt MJ’s Instagram stories amidst all manner of chaos breaking out in the streets of New York and beyond?

From Salon Aug. 3, 2026

Ms Mullan said she tried to save her family and that night would haunt her forever.

From BBC Jul. 31, 2026

This place was scarred and broken, more ruin than redoubt, a haunt of crows and corpses.

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin

So when Flowers moved back home and started revisiting his childhood haunts, his passion for country was rekindled.

From BBC Aug. 21, 2026

Many of the city's old storied haunts are closed.

From Barron's Aug. 18, 2026

Only the diner remains but Morton still plans on touring the Village with Teddy, showing off all of mom’s old haunts and, yes, having a cup of soup at the Waverly.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 23, 2026

Thus, for much of the season, Widow’s Bay reads as a non-Derry substitute for all the author’s Maine-area haunts.

From Salon Jun. 18, 2026

And the sight of you almost dying of the fever haunts me.

From "What the Night Sings" by Vesper Stamper

Starring Amelia Eve, Brandon Perea and Maisie Richardson-Sellers, it follows the story of a young woman who can bring spirits into the mortal world but is herself haunted.

From Barron's Sep. 6, 2026

‘The Whisper Man’ is a jump-scare thriller haunted by many things, including the ineffable ties between parent and child.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 3, 2026

Holly’s “Girls Next Door” co-star and close friend, Bridget Marquardt, also joined in on the fun, celebrating the investigation of “Holly’s haunted house” in an August 2021 Instagram post.

From MarketWatch Sep. 3, 2026

"I've suffered all my life, and I'm still suffering now. I'm haunted by what's happened," she said.

From BBC Sep. 3, 2026

Once they reached Turfan, they would triple in size—goods, pack animals, traders, and caravaneers—in order to make the trek to Kashgar across those haunted sands.

From "The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams" by Daniel Nayeri

I can vividly recall the haunting aftertaste, the glorious specificity of the experience.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 25, 2026

Here is a writer and director with not just plenty on his mind, but the preternatural proficiency to execute those ideas in haunting, humorous and really quite moving ways.

From Salon Aug. 24, 2026

The post has 10 million views. , externalComments describe it as "nightmare fuel" and "genuinely haunting", suggesting it had been pulled from a 'cursed attic'.

From BBC Aug. 23, 2026

This poses a haunting dilemma for those in the capital.

From Barron's Aug. 16, 2026

She was playing ragas now, haunting things full of sitar and tabla and sarod.

From "Pet" by Akwaeke Emezi




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