ghost
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“Poltergeist” was, notably, a summertime Amblin release that similarly riffed on classic creature scares — updating dusty, old ghost tropes with new ideas — much like Mitchell does with his dino-time-travel extravaganza.
From Salon ● Aug. 20, 2026
Short sentences matter-of-factly describe objects in each room—a chair, a table, a lamp—but when the ghost from the cover reappears, its presence goes unremarked upon.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026
“I call that ghost approval. Technically, you approved it,” Herres said.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 13, 2026
Halloween attraction for more than 20 years, will now be a ghost.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026
“But there was a ghost in Gravesend, an old classmate, hit by a car, buried without his foot and really mad about it. He kept messing with the streetlights....”
From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny
The Frenchman ghosts into dangerous advanced positions and carries open-play goal and assist threat as well as being good for defensive contributions and bonus points.
From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026
Homer’s trip to the land of the dead is crowded with ghosts from Odysseus’ past and Greek legend.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2026
Within its pages, the reader becomes one of Dan Tana’s beloved ghosts.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 2026
Here, he realizes a triptych of vivid musical postcards recalling the American past: “The Saint-Gaudens in Boston Common,” a hazy conjuring of Civil War ghosts embodied by a memorial to Col.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 30, 2026
As Abuela and I freshen up to go to dinner, I think of her words about the ghosts of her Sephardic ancestors.
From "Across So Many Seas" by Ruth Behar
It was a bit of a buzzkill, so I just gave up on him — and ghosted him.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 15, 2026
“The other was for a retail position at a local Kohl’s, which ghosted me.”
From Slate ● Apr. 20, 2026
Drean picked up Ramos's crossfield kick in acres of space to score before Gailleton ghosted in for the final try.
From Barron's ● Feb. 22, 2026
My mother ghosted me after my father died.
From MarketWatch ● Dec. 19, 2025
Ivy couldn’t even hear her own footsteps as she ghosted over the sidewalk.
From "Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World" by Ashley Herring Blake
“The ghosting thing is a very real problem,” he said — adding that hasn’t seen any evidence that a cover letter improves the chances of a response for GigHQ users.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 15, 2026
But in 2026, not a single Hollywood blockbuster is programmed there, raising questions about why US studios are ghosting the event.
From Barron's ● May 11, 2026
Washington has spent the past few years ghosting Robin Zeng, China’s fourth-richest man.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 24, 2026
One of her friends pulled out of the trip and started "ghosting" her on WeChat, said the 35-year-old Chinese national, who did not want to reveal her real name.
From BBC ● Nov. 1, 2025
“Thought you were ghosting for a second,” Arthur says.
From "What If It's Us" by Becky Albertalli and Adam Silvera
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