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feeling so terrified that every shadow became a specter
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He’s haunted by the specter of aging — apparent in Styles’s fixating on wellness in interviews and roasting his own hairline on Brittany Broski’s Royal Court — and has hinted at private anguish over the death of One Direction’s Liam Payne.
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Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 6 Mar. 2026
Gas prices have risen, raising the specter of higher prices across the economy as Republicans look to hammer an affordability message in the midterm elections.
—Matt Peterson, CNBC, 5 Mar. 2026
But the specter of extinction, either from external or internal means, hovers not just over each of us, but over our whole civilization.
—Big Think, 4 Mar. 2026
For both European policymakers and the general public, the specter of the Iraq War still looms large over the widening conflict in the Middle East.
—Issy Ronald, CNN Money, 4 Mar. 2026
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Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 6 Mar. 2026
Gas prices have risen, raising the specter of higher prices across the economy as Republicans look to hammer an affordability message in the midterm elections.
—Matt Peterson, CNBC, 5 Mar. 2026
But the specter of extinction, either from external or internal means, hovers not just over each of us, but over our whole civilization.
—Big Think, 4 Mar. 2026
For both European policymakers and the general public, the specter of the Iraq War still looms large over the widening conflict in the Middle East.
—Issy Ronald, CNN Money, 4 Mar. 2026
See All Example Sentences for specter
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“Specter.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/specter. Accessed 10 Mar. 2026.
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