feeling so terrified that every shadow became a specter
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Thereafter, the Karem Abu Salem crossing—the only commercial crossing through which goods and aid are allowed to enter the Strip—was forcibly closed, rendering the citizens of the Gaza Strip generally, and the north of Gaza specifically, to confront the specter of hunger once again.—Literary Hub, 21 Oct. 2025 The View From Eleanor and David Democrats are haunted by the specter of Kara Eastman.—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 See All Example Sentences for specter
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Etymology
French spectre, from Latin spectrum appearance, specter, from specere to look, look at — more at spy
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