specter
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A specter is haunting Europe, and plenty of other places too.
From Salon ● Oct. 26, 2026
Alfozan’s arrest raised the specter of spies in Silicon Valley, where firms working on cutting-edge technology have long warned staff that bad actors could try to steal their secrets.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 24, 2026
Telecom stocks are tumbling on news that SpaceX is aiming to secure 80,000 cell sites across the US, raising the specter of fierce competition between the industry’s big three and Starlink Mobile.
From Barron's ● Oct. 23, 2026
One issue could be the specter of interest-rate hikes, which affects technology companies across the board that have to borrow money.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 16, 2026
Mom hadn’t let me or Charlie see Nana when she was going through chemotherapy, and we didn’t talk about it after, either, but the specter of death had haunted us for months.
From "We Are the Ants" by Shaun David Hutchinson
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
The mysteries around Annie’s murder and the frozen scientists link up so beautifully to the tensions within Ennis that the continued sprinkling of specters, flashbacks and various uncanny events has gotten distracting.
From New York Times ● Feb. 4, 2024
They do not stir the air, sparing you the torment of airborne specters like dust and dander.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 20, 2023
“Ghosts are the least of it, boy. Night-ghasts, specters, apparitions—all they can do is say boo and frighten you.”
From "The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage" by Philip Pullman
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