specter
Example Sentences
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Earlier this year, the company warned it could soon run out of money, raising the specter of bankruptcy.
From MarketWatch • May 20, 2026
That’s when the specter of penalty shootouts past returned to haunt the Azzurri all at once.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026
Prices are up worldwide, with fertilizer plants closing in Bangladesh, raising the specter of an urea shortage.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 29, 2026
So, a week after asserting in this column that investors should prepare for a longer war, we must now confront the specter of a shorter war too.
From Barron's • Mar. 25, 2026
But the nearer the big day approached, the more the specter of Lina haunted us as we did jumping jacks in the Lina Lovaton Gymnasium.
From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez
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