as in spirits
the soul of a dead person thought of especially as appearing to living people
they are so superstitious that they think they see hants everywhere
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Noun
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Hollywood and exhibitors alike are arriving in good spirits because people are actually going to theaters.—
Rebecca Rubin,
Variety,
12 Apr. 2026 -
All four were reported to be in good health and good spirits.—
Mike Wall,
Space.com,
11 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Always fact check those ghosts.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
10 Apr. 2026
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His boldest innovation is to invoke not past glories but past disasters, summoning the ghosts of the United States’ catastrophic interventions in Iraq.—
Fintan O’Toole,
The New York Review of Books,
9 Apr. 2026
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But he’s journeyed to Lourdes and Our Lady of Guadalupe, both of which the Vatican has officially recognized as supernatural Marian apparitions.—
Denise Crosby,
Chicago Tribune,
5 Apr. 2026
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Acosta’s bright shapes could be seen as apparitions of a sort.—
Ray Mark Rinaldi,
Denver Post,
30 Mar. 2026
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The bright lights at CPKC Stadium can cast shadows inside their bedroom when there is a night game.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
12 Apr. 2026
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Most, like Mbugua’s, unfold mostly in the shadows.—
Faith Karimi,
CNN Money,
12 Apr. 2026
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“Hants.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hants. Accessed 15 Apr. 2026.
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