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Recent Examples of ghoulish
The gigs have a ghoulish tint, since the basic idea is for former employees to teach AI how to do their old jobs.
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Krystle Vermes, Futurism, 13 May 2026
The context that so many Democrats leave out is that when the law was passed, the United States was contending with a ghoulish infrastructure of laws and policies that were explicitly aimed at Black Americans.
—Torrey Snow, Baltimore Sun, 6 May 2026
But beyond a fascination with ghoulish goings-on, fans of true crime podcasts connect with the hosts differently from followers of other kinds of interview shows.
—Todd Spangler, Variety, 6 Mar. 2026
Of course, there’s something ghoulish about profiting from natural disasters—or wars.
—Danny Funt, New Yorker, 12 Dec. 2025
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Krystle Vermes, Futurism, 13 May 2026
The context that so many Democrats leave out is that when the law was passed, the United States was contending with a ghoulish infrastructure of laws and policies that were explicitly aimed at Black Americans.
—Torrey Snow, Baltimore Sun, 6 May 2026
But beyond a fascination with ghoulish goings-on, fans of true crime podcasts connect with the hosts differently from followers of other kinds of interview shows.
—Todd Spangler, Variety, 6 Mar. 2026
Of course, there’s something ghoulish about profiting from natural disasters—or wars.
—Danny Funt, New Yorker, 12 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ghoulish
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As Samara Morgan, the lank-haired little girl dressed in white and possessing deadly supernatural powers, at just 12 years old Chase became the ghostly face of the film and its most recognizable character.—
Greg Evans,
Deadline,
17 June 2026
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How did the ghostly choir samples of Philly drill pop up in Stockton goon music?—
Alphonse Pierre,
Pitchfork,
16 June 2026
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The spectral evidence also indicates DJ was only partially altered by water, which Marchi says tells us something about its history.—
Keith Cooper,
Space.com,
19 June 2026
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In one chilling early scene, the toys peek out Bonnie’s window and see all the houses around them lit up, from within, by the spectral glow of personal digital devices.—
Justin Chang,
New Yorker,
19 June 2026
Adjective
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Avoiding vulnerability comes with ghastly consequences.—
David A. Graham,
The Atlantic,
8 June 2026
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He's described as a dead ringer for Nicholas Cage's ghastly villain in Longlegs, and there Elliott sits at a bus stop, looking as freakish as ever.—
Ryan Coleman,
Entertainment Weekly,
6 June 2026
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Tree made eerie comments about his will just weeks before his death.—
Christina Dugan Ramirez,
FOXNews.com,
22 June 2026
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Ahead of his Annecy premiere, Variety spoke with Kadowaki about his technique, a singular blend of 2D animation and rotoscoping underlined the eerie atmosphere of his coming-of-age story.—
Kevin Giraud,
Variety,
19 June 2026
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The feel of it is really spooky.—
Todd Martens,
Los Angeles Times,
21 May 2026
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There’s a reason that horror movies tend to thrive during the spookiest month of the year.—
Rebecca Rubin,
Variety,
8 Mar. 2026
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But what feels most haunting about the arc of then to now, about Smith’s unfathomable issues and woes — yet obvious heart and particularly evident quest to find himself in recent years — is that his words then were spoken with a sense of arrival and past tense.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
20 June 2026
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One of the movie’s most haunting subplots involves prisoners, who are pulled from labor camps looking half-dead and subsequently folded into Michael Caine‘s soccer team at the Brit’s insistence, but possibly to his squad’s detriment.—
Jim Hemphill,
IndieWire,
19 June 2026
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Props, too, to director of photography Tyson Perkins for cloaking it with moody shadows that fosters its creepy feel.—
Randy Myers,
Mercury News,
18 June 2026
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The last four movies have had creepy, menacing characters such as Sid, Stinky Pete, Gabby Gabby and the Bensons ventriloquist dummies.—
Patrick Ryan,
USA Today,
18 June 2026
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Diners have toasted to him ever since, trading stories of feeling ghostlike brushes along their legs during Lowcountry meals.—
Chelsea Brasted,
Southern Living,
12 Mar. 2026
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“Ghoulish.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ghoulish. Accessed 23 Jun. 2026.
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