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feeling so terrified that every shadow became a specter
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Through some mysticism and timey-wimey shenanigans, the priestess and her eight companions manage to fight another day, but Towa becomes a timeline-jumping specter in the process.
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Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 18 Sep. 2025
On top of all that, the specter of emerging technology also looms over the season.
—Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 17 Sep. 2025
Between any big spikes in enthusiasm for neural networks and the like, there’s the specter of an AI winter.
—John Werner, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
With glowing eyes, a chilling Vincent Price-style voice (delivering deliciously cheesy dialogue), and four points of ghostly animatronic movement, this bony specter is every bit the haunted showstopper.
—PC Magazine, 16 Sep. 2025
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Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 18 Sep. 2025
On top of all that, the specter of emerging technology also looms over the season.
—Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 17 Sep. 2025
Between any big spikes in enthusiasm for neural networks and the like, there’s the specter of an AI winter.
—John Werner, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
With glowing eyes, a chilling Vincent Price-style voice (delivering deliciously cheesy dialogue), and four points of ghostly animatronic movement, this bony specter is every bit the haunted showstopper.
—PC Magazine, 16 Sep. 2025
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“Specter.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/specter. Accessed 25 Sep. 2025.
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