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Recent Examples of bogeyman
Among Hollywood’s creative class, AI is a sort of bogeyman right now.
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Emma Hinchliffe, Fortune, 10 Dec. 2025
Souleymane, played devastatingly by first-timer Abou Sangaré, is neither a bogeyman or a saint — just a young man trying to navigate a bureaucratic limbo that might as well have been designed to make those in it vulnerable to exploitation.
—Alison Willmore, Vulture, 1 Dec. 2025
The world's largest online streamer and feared bogeyman (along with YouTube) of traditional media companies is taking yet another baby step into sports.
—Alex Sherman,contessa Brewer, CNBC, 27 Nov. 2025
The Antifa that Trump is always invoking as an all-purpose bogeyman—some lethal, disciplined underground network that resembles the Irish Republican Army—does not exist.
—Margaret Talbot, New Yorker, 15 Nov. 2025
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Emma Hinchliffe, Fortune, 10 Dec. 2025
Souleymane, played devastatingly by first-timer Abou Sangaré, is neither a bogeyman or a saint — just a young man trying to navigate a bureaucratic limbo that might as well have been designed to make those in it vulnerable to exploitation.
—Alison Willmore, Vulture, 1 Dec. 2025
The world's largest online streamer and feared bogeyman (along with YouTube) of traditional media companies is taking yet another baby step into sports.
—Alex Sherman,contessa Brewer, CNBC, 27 Nov. 2025
The Antifa that Trump is always invoking as an all-purpose bogeyman—some lethal, disciplined underground network that resembles the Irish Republican Army—does not exist.
—Margaret Talbot, New Yorker, 15 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bogeyman
Noun
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Crude prices are at multi-year highs, and threaten to surge further, raising the specter of a global recession; natural gas supplies are also at risk, with attacks on LNG infrastructure in Qatar, a major producer.—
Andy Browne,
semafor.com,
31 Mar. 2026
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Prices are up worldwide, with fertilizer plants closing in Bangladesh, raising the specter of an urea shortage.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
29 Mar. 2026
Noun
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As Amadeus’ brilliance continues to flourish in spite of his personal demons, a questionable reputation and scepticism from the conservative court, Salieri becomes increasingly tormented by this apparent divine gift.—
Payton Turkeltaub,
Variety,
1 Apr. 2026
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But when demons threaten to destroy the City of Immortals, her former lord Indra begs her to return—or else lose both Kaushika and her identity as an apsara.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
1 Apr. 2026
Noun
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The Devil’s Museum, a satellite of the main collection, has amassed more than 3,000 depictions of demons, evil spirits and incubus from around the world.—
Joe Yogerst,
Forbes.com,
22 Apr. 2025
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Your fame sits beside you like an incubus, and people are embarrassed and want to leave the room.—
Candace Bushnell,
Vogue,
23 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Created by a number of its stars, Ghosts originated on the BBC in 2019, following a group of ghouls from different historical periods haunting a country house while sharing the house with its new living occupants.—
Max Goldbart,
Deadline,
25 Mar. 2026
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Ledger ingeniously plays the Joker as a chaotic force of nature, a scarred and unknowable ghoul clad in clown paint and a garish suit from Demon's Wearhouse.—
Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
4 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Such a designation, evidently, would save agents from wasting time chasing phantoms.—
Adam Ciralsky,
Vanity Fair,
19 Mar. 2026
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The Stygiomedusa gigantea, commonly known as the giant phantom jelly, was filmed at 250 meters below the surface.—
Michelle Del Rey,
USA Today,
4 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Weaving, even more than before, makes Grace an ingénue gone banshee.—
Owen Gleiberman,
Variety,
14 Mar. 2026
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The bond between a rider and their banshee doesn't break, and chances are your bond with this two-figure set won't either.—
Fran Ruiz,
Space.com,
19 Dec. 2025
Noun
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The most violent and thuggish regime on earth would be free to carry out their campaigns of terror, coercion, conquest, and mass murder from behind a nuclear shield.—
James Powel,
USA Today,
2 Apr. 2026
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By 1944, when much of the city lay in ruins, the terror spread.—
The Week US,
TheWeek,
1 Apr. 2026
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The second was more bizarre: that some nasty imp in my psyche might decide that jumping was a good idea.—
Rosecrans Baldwin,
Travel + Leisure,
10 Mar. 2026
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Mykal-Michelle Harris from Raven’s Home guest-stars as Ruby, a mischievous moon imp who tricks Vee.—
Allison McClain Merrill,
Parents,
27 Oct. 2025
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“Bogeyman.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bogeyman. Accessed 4 Apr. 2026.
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