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ghost

[gohst] / goʊst /


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In calling the race for Pennsylvania’s 8th congressional district for Democratic Scranton Mayor Paige Cognetti, Maddow couldn’t resist calling her Republican opponent, Rob Bresnahan, a “sometime ghost hunter” as her colleagues snickered in the background.

From Salon ● Nov. 4, 2026

"There's a danger of creating ghost towns," he said.

From Barron's ● Nov. 3, 2026

“Said the Dead” turns out to be a ghost story and an ingeniously constructed hall of mirrors.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026

She says she hears endless footsteps and the ghost talking.

From BBC ● Oct. 29, 2026

I wonder if she’ll spend all of today trying to figure out the best way to catch whoever’s pretending to be the ghost.

From "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O’Shaughnessy

She will be playing Liz Rich, who moved into the farmhouse with her husband Bill in 1989, claiming they saw ghosts and experienced poltergeist activity.

From BBC ● Oct. 31, 2026

These are the ghosts of people who died in violent or tragic circumstances - those who were murdered, killed themselves, or simply were lonely and died alone.

From BBC ● Oct. 29, 2026

We get the backstories of the ghosts, who obsessively relive their tragicomic ends.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026

Paul Cremo, who directs the Met's commissioning program, said creating the other-worldly universe for "Bardo" -- in which tendrils engulf singers and ghosts explode -- challenged the Met's technical staff.

From Barron's ● Oct. 18, 2026

But Adina wanted to be near her parents, and Eli wanted to be as far from his own ghosts as possible.

From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny

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

My mother ghosted me after my father died.

From MarketWatch ● Dec. 19, 2025

Ailish Davies, a jobseeker from Leicester in the UK, says that being ghosted by the small firms and big corporations alike is "soul destroying".

From BBC ● Dec. 17, 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 case for boring men: Dating in the modern era is a minefield, requiring you to deftly navigate the apps, tune out bad TikTok advice, and contend with the threat of ghosting.

From Slate ● Oct. 28, 2026

The primary driver of the narrative is an unnamed writer who has approached a famous actor — the M of the title — with the proposition of ghosting her autobiography.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 24, 2026

“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

Washington has spent the past few years ghosting Robin Zeng, China’s fourth-richest man.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 24, 2026

It had been such a rainy May, and the basement felt appropriately cryptlike: cobwebs around the doorframe ghosting our faces, that smell of dirt and rot and trapped air, and it was dark, totally dark.

From "The Miseducation of Cameron Post" by emily m. danforth


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