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All of which is to concede that, while Cohn’s historic significance is, at best, minimal, his status as a menacing specter in the minds of liberal journalists has only grown.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026

LAX’s long-awaited Skylink train is 99% complete yet faces mounting uncertainty, as bond ratings sink into junk territory and looming 2026 deadlines raise the specter of default and termination.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026

But they raise the specter among the public of rogue computers acting on their own.

From Barron's ● Jul. 29, 2026

The specter of SpaceX is hanging over AT&T, Verizon and other telecommunications stocks as investors fear an Elon Musk-led industry shakeup.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 2, 2026

“That’s why I’ve come here,” says the specter of my father.

From "Landscape with Invisible Hand" by M.T. Anderson

Donors respond to big claims and menacing specters.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 29, 2026

Every song she sings in the course of three seasons is a summit gained — only to find the path forward blocked by fallen rocks or frightening specters of her own making.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 8, 2024

Early in “Pictures of Ghosts,” an exhilarating documentary about specters onscreen and off, the Brazilian director Kleber Mendonça Filho, pulls out a VHS tape.

From New York Times ● Jan. 25, 2024

The bus plowed through dust on the road winding through the Hanford Site, the horizon dotted with specters of reactors that had been dismantled or “cocooned.”

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 22, 2023

“Phantasms specters ghouls visitants post-terrestrials apparitions, Lidewij. How can someone pursuing a postgraduate degree in American literature display such abominable English-language skills?”

From "The Fault in Our Stars" by John Green