phantom
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My guilt remains, like pain in a phantom limb, but the sofa holds us all.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 17, 2026
He’s still waking up to phantom alarms and discovering items he hid in cabinets and other places.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 23, 2026
As hearing ability declines, communication between the ears and brain may also become distorted, contributing to the phantom sounds associated with tinnitus.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 10, 2026
A WSJ investigation found that predatory providers are billing for phantom services, padding their hours and charging steep fees.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 5, 2026
The phantom Samaritan stuck the book between his teeth, crouched down, hoisted Arnold Jones’s limp carcass over his shoulder, and hauled him out of there like a sack of flour.
From "Maniac Magee" by Jerry Spinelli
His hope is that we “preserve more lands for the unknown, for the phantoms, for the descendants” of the great native species.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 29, 2026
“Why do you keep coming?” he demanded of his phantoms.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 4, 2024
In the course of this, work was also carried out on brain phantoms as a use case together with the Medical University of Vienna and the University of Zurich.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 21, 2024
Simpson’s trial coincided with the internet becoming an established phenomenon, which would decisively upend the already shrinking world of hard Gutenberg print and lean into the ephemeral, quicksilver phantoms of a digital web.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 31, 2024
Three more phantoms slid down the walls and onto the floor.
From "Shadowshaper" by Daniel José Older
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