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feeling so terrified that every shadow became a specter
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The View From Eleanor and David Democrats are haunted by the specter of Kara Eastman.
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Eleanor Mueller, semafor.com, 14 Oct. 2025
Faced with their beloved South Florida trailer park’s imminent closure, three single, older women band together to fight their eviction and save their community while confronting the specter of homelessness.
—Beatrice Verhoeven, HollywoodReporter, 14 Oct. 2025
The 2024 prize went to Nihon Hidankyo, a grassroots Japanese organization of atomic bomb survivors, at a time when the world was once again confronting the specter of nuclear weapons, amid Russia’s threats during its war in Ukraine.
—Christian Edwards, CNN Money, 10 Oct. 2025
The specter of elimination, of the danger and finality of any mistake, hung over everything at Dodger Stadium on Wednesday.
—Charlotte Varnes, New York Times, 9 Oct. 2025
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Eleanor Mueller, semafor.com, 14 Oct. 2025
Faced with their beloved South Florida trailer park’s imminent closure, three single, older women band together to fight their eviction and save their community while confronting the specter of homelessness.
—Beatrice Verhoeven, HollywoodReporter, 14 Oct. 2025
The 2024 prize went to Nihon Hidankyo, a grassroots Japanese organization of atomic bomb survivors, at a time when the world was once again confronting the specter of nuclear weapons, amid Russia’s threats during its war in Ukraine.
—Christian Edwards, CNN Money, 10 Oct. 2025
The specter of elimination, of the danger and finality of any mistake, hung over everything at Dodger Stadium on Wednesday.
—Charlotte Varnes, New York Times, 9 Oct. 2025
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 17 Oct. 2025.
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