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also bogyman
as in spectre
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Recent Examples of bogeyman
The Democratic strategy in the Wisconsin race has been to vilify Musk, tying him to Schimel and turning him into a bogeyman who is trying to buy the election and destroy democracy.
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Barnini Chakraborty, The Washington Examiner, 1 Apr. 2025
Missing work overwhelm is the high school version of the bogeyman.
—Cyndy Etler, Hartford Courant, 12 May 2025
Canada, one of several unexpected bogeymen in the second Trump administration, is the top foreign buyer of California’s wine, strawberries, lettuce and oranges, among other agricultural exports, followed by the European Union and China.
—Corinne Purtill, Los Angeles Times, 17 Apr. 2025
As backlash to Tesla and Musk grows, the White House is doubling down on its defense of the company and the richest man in the world, who has become a bogeyman for critics who blame him for the overhaul of federal agencies.
—Julia Shapero, The Hill, 20 Mar. 2025
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Barnini Chakraborty, The Washington Examiner, 1 Apr. 2025
Missing work overwhelm is the high school version of the bogeyman.
—Cyndy Etler, Hartford Courant, 12 May 2025
Canada, one of several unexpected bogeymen in the second Trump administration, is the top foreign buyer of California’s wine, strawberries, lettuce and oranges, among other agricultural exports, followed by the European Union and China.
—Corinne Purtill, Los Angeles Times, 17 Apr. 2025
As backlash to Tesla and Musk grows, the White House is doubling down on its defense of the company and the richest man in the world, who has become a bogeyman for critics who blame him for the overhaul of federal agencies.
—Julia Shapero, The Hill, 20 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bogeyman
Noun
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Joe Carollo spent decades earning his reputation as a political brawler, clashing with Miami bureaucrats and raising the specter of leftist politics and communist ties to get his way.—
Douglas Hanks,
Miami Herald,
30 May 2025
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Former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev raised the specter of a World War III on Tuesday as the rhetoric between the White House and the Kremlin over the war in Ukraine ramped up.—
Astha Rajvanshi,
NBC news,
28 May 2025
Noun
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The trailer certainly paints a trippy picture of a high-tech near-future that veers into nightmare territory, as so many games in the Black Ops franchise tend to do, slipping between missions in the real-world and a psychedelic dream-world filled with demons and other nightmares.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes.com,
8 June 2025
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Months before, Stevens feared President Johnson was pursuing a Reconstruction program that would readmit Confederate states to the Union without them exorcising the demon that animated secession.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
5 June 2025
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
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Despite those forty-three words, the ghoul that the North Carolina Freedmen’s Convention feared most had risen—caste preservationists debuted a new caste system.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
5 June 2025
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It was filled with hideous props — ghouls and skeletons crafted of balsa wood, wax, and papier-mâché.—
Mara Bovsun,
New York Daily News,
8 Mar. 2025
Noun
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The Rose Field begins where the second book, The Secret Commonwealth leaves off: Lyra alone in a city full of daemons, or physical projections of a person's soul, looking for Pantalaimon as her mentor, Malcolm Polstead, searches for her.—
Rachel Raposas,
People.com,
29 Apr. 2025
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The computer daemon operates in a similar manner, continuously working behind the scenes to keep processes going and to address service requests.—
The Editors,
JSTOR Daily,
23 Oct. 2024
Noun
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But does Chuck let this phantom haunt him into adulthood?—
Ashley Boucher,
EW.com,
7 June 2025
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Ray is an enigma and a mystery, a man who zips into town on a motorbike like a phantom and could just as easily evaporate at any minute.—
Ryan Lattanzio,
IndieWire,
18 May 2025
Noun
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But just before all the banshee wailing threatens to overwhelm proceedings, along comes a hypnotic tribal beat which briefly turns the wake into a party.—
Jon O'Brien,
Vulture,
13 May 2025
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Our ears are still ringing from watching fans become shrieking banshees upon realizing that one of her professional dancers was actually the NFL star.—
Lauren Huff,
EW.com,
7 Dec. 2024
Noun
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And Dot — well, Dot keeps an imp in an old wine bottle.—
Sara Holdren,
Vulture,
17 Apr. 2025
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Combining animation and live action, the film continues the adventures of the magical imp Pumuckl.—
Ed Meza,
Variety,
13 Feb. 2025
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“Bogeyman.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bogeyman. Accessed 15 Jun. 2025.
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