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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

She says she hears endless footsteps and the ghost talking.

From BBC ● Oct. 29, 2026

Unbelievably, someone had already been there earlier that day, like a ghost we had neither seen nor heard nor felt.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 2026

“It’s said Lorca’s ghost still wanders around Spain looking for a place to rest.”

From "Across So Many Seas" by Ruth Behar

"I believe that ghosts were once living human beings, so they deserve our respect," she says.

From BBC ● Oct. 29, 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

Early in the opera, otherworldly figures arrive to urge the ghosts to cross over, with multiple copies of each one’s tempter.

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

He didn’t see any evidence of ghosts or intruders.

From "Found" by Margaret Peterson Haddix

It was a bit of a buzzkill, so I just gave up on him — and ghosted him.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 15, 2026

“Between ghost jobs and being ghosted, it was infuriating,” she said — referring to “ghost job” listings for positions that are either already filled or don’t really exist.

From MarketWatch ● May 15, 2026

“The other was for a retail position at a local Kohl’s, which ghosted me.”

From Slate ● Apr. 20, 2026

For his third, he ghosted outside Cokanasiga, fixed Santi Carreras and dived over.

From BBC ● Dec. 29, 2025

Each time the blades rose from it, the boat ghosted forward without check or hesitation.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown

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 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

I matched with a Glen Powell type again, 10 years after ghosting him.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 22, 2026

And her own experience of ghosting in real life is shocking.

From BBC ● May 21, 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