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Adjective
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The legend began after a series of bizarre and terrifying encounters in which settlers reported seeing the ghostly figure charging through the desert, sometimes trampling livestock or vanishing into the night.—
Tiffany Acosta,
AZCentral.com,
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In the first movie, Thames’ Finney and his psychic sister survived their run-in with the kidnapping villain thanks in part to a supernatural phone that could communicate with the Grabber’s ghostly victims.—
Jordan Moreau,
Variety,
17 Oct. 2025
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In the center of the room, swathed in shadow, is the faint spectral outline of a small boy.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
20 Oct. 2025
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The mantis shrimp is nature’s high-speed boxer with multi-spectral vision, a creature that hits faster than a bullet’s acceleration and sees the unseen.—
Kaif Shaikh,
Interesting Engineering,
17 Oct. 2025
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Visitors hear phantom footsteps echoing on staircases, doors slamming shut with violent force, and ghostly whispers drifting through the halls.—
Kirby Adams,
Louisville Courier Journal,
17 Oct. 2025
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Six-year-old Misha’s playful hunt for a phantom spy unfolds against the quiet unease of Soviet adulthood, blending innocence with historical introspection.—
Essie Assibu,
Variety,
17 Oct. 2025
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“Ghostlike.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ghostlike. Accessed 22 Oct. 2025.
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