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Recent Examples of afterimageFire to create an afterimage of yourself that projects a beam of light in Valorant.—Mike Stubbs, Forbes, 2 Mar. 2025 The digital detectors used by the camera suffered from an issue called quantum efficiency hysteresis, or QEH—when WF/PC took an image of a bright object, there was an afterimage left behind that would mess up later observations.—Phil Plait, Scientific American, 16 Jan. 2025 In addition to reversing the color of an image, afterimages can convince your brain that an object has changed in shape or size.—Vanessa Armstrong, Smithsonian Magazine, 29 Oct. 2024 But then the mystery more or less fades from view, to be replaced by another that comes and goes in a flash but lingers like an afterimage.—Judith Shulevitz, The Atlantic, 24 Oct. 2024 See All Example Sentences for afterimage
Starks’ dream is to someday visit the Warren Occult Museum in Connecticut, which is closed to the public, but open to guests who book overnight stays at the home of late, famed ghost hunters Ed and Lorraine Warren.
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Eve Chen,
USA Today,
5 Oct. 2025
Former teen heartthrob Devon Sawa briefly appeared at the end of Casper, playing the titular ghost's human form.
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Allison DeGrushe,
Entertainment Weekly,
4 Oct. 2025
The other player on the pitch on Sunday who cast as long a shadow was Donnarumma.
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Jordan Campbell,
New York Times,
6 Oct. 2025
Playoffs have been under the shadow of league star Napheesa Collier speaking with pointed criticism of commissioner Cathy Engelbert in what amounts to a mutiny against the commish, with other players backing Collier.
The comeback began with Garrett Whitlock, the last vestige of the pitching staff from Boston’s most recent playoff run, taking the mound for the eighth inning.
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Gabrielle Starr,
Boston Herald,
27 Sep. 2025
Though some opposition and animosity endured, it was often ignored as a vestige of the past rather than a current challenge.
The private archeological company exclusively searches for treasure and artifacts from the 1715 Treasure Fleet, a fleet of Spanish ships that sank off the coast of Florida in 1715 while carrying massive amounts of precious cargo, per the organization’s official website.
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Toria Sheffield,
PEOPLE,
4 Oct. 2025
Stop into one of several breweries along the Jackson County Ale Trail, or pop into the American Museum of the House Cat, where feline enthusiasts can peruse cat-centric art and artifacts.
Flags are at half-staff in Wisconsin on Saturday in remembrance of Adam Zirbel, 48, who was a senior forester at the Kettle Moraine State Forest's Northern Unit.
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Maia Pandey,
jsonline.com,
4 Oct. 2025
Paul McLaughlin was on the front lines and deserves this day of solemn remembrance.
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Boston Herald editorial staff,
Boston Herald,
25 Sep. 2025
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