specter
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But they raise the specter among the public of rogue computers acting on their own.
From Barron's ● Jul. 29, 2026
As investors question the value of heavy artificial-intelligence spending, the specter of vendor financing once again hangs over the technology sector.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 27, 2026
While shaping the postwar order and defending against the specter of communism, the U.S. accepted asymmetries in trade that served a larger strategic purpose.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 23, 2026
Their involvement now raises the specter of another squeeze on energy markets already beleaguered by closures on the Strait of Hormuz.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 8, 2026
“A confession will remove all doubt. We would all sleep much easier if you’d be so kind as to remove the specter of doubt.”
From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman
Donors respond to big claims and menacing specters.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 29, 2026
In the latter, he appeared as the Fat Friar, one of the specters who haunt the halls of Hogwarts.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 10, 2025
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
They do not stir the air, sparing you the torment of airborne specters like dust and dander.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 20, 2023
The black-and-white specters of Ralph and Alice Kramden argued over a meatloaf.
From "Educated" by Tara Westover
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