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feeling so terrified that every shadow became a specter
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Meanwhile, in attempting to give Grace an even bigger, badder, darker villain to face this time, the film overshoots its mark, raising the specter of domestic violence in ways that feel just slightly too plausible to fit with the film’s otherwise cartoonish gore.
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Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 14 Mar. 2026
Unlike the teams’ two January games in Minneapolis, played under the specter of heavy occupation by federal immigration agents, the matchup in San Francisco was played under more normal circumstances.
—Joseph Dycus, Mercury News, 14 Mar. 2026
The jump in mortgage rates over the last two weeks is largely attributed to the specter of inflation, which appeared due to sudden constraints on the world’s oil flow after the war broke out.
—Sarah Agostino, CNBC, 13 Mar. 2026
Meanwhile, the threat of AI reshaping the business of making films looms, and the specter of industry collapse, of American cities hollowed out by manufacturing jobs going overseas and workers made obsolete by new technologies, hangs heavy over the boulevards and palm trees of Los Angeles.
—Geoff Colvin, Fortune, 13 Mar. 2026
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Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 14 Mar. 2026
Unlike the teams’ two January games in Minneapolis, played under the specter of heavy occupation by federal immigration agents, the matchup in San Francisco was played under more normal circumstances.
—Joseph Dycus, Mercury News, 14 Mar. 2026
The jump in mortgage rates over the last two weeks is largely attributed to the specter of inflation, which appeared due to sudden constraints on the world’s oil flow after the war broke out.
—Sarah Agostino, CNBC, 13 Mar. 2026
Meanwhile, the threat of AI reshaping the business of making films looms, and the specter of industry collapse, of American cities hollowed out by manufacturing jobs going overseas and workers made obsolete by new technologies, hangs heavy over the boulevards and palm trees of Los Angeles.
—Geoff Colvin, Fortune, 13 Mar. 2026
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“Specter.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/specter. Accessed 17 Mar. 2026.
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