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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And the Bruins accomplished this without Tyler Bilodeau, who looked good enough to raise Cronin’s spirits during Thursday’s practice but woke up with stiffness in his right knee on Friday.—
Jim Alexander,
Oc Register,
21 Mar. 2026 -
The global spirits market may have slowed down, but the popularity of tequila has skyrocketed over the past few years.—
Jonah Flicker,
Robb Report,
21 Mar. 2026
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But the ghosts of flameouts past are gathering, and the region is loaded with potholes.—
Jon Wilner,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
18 Mar. 2026
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Not all of our heroes are ghosts.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
18 Mar. 2026
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On top of these apparitions, a human foe, whose motives for committing a crime seem rather nebulous, also exists.—
Carlos Aguilar,
Variety,
15 Mar. 2026
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As the 14-year-old child of a poor family in 1858, Saint Bernadette experienced numerous apparitions of a young woman in a cave or grotto, seemingly the Virgin Mary, asking for a chapel to be built on the site.—
Chris Jones,
Chicago Tribune,
21 Feb. 2026
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After the crew answers a distress signal and brings an alien life form back with them, their vessel becomes a trap, its corridors narrowing as the creature moves through the shadows.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
19 Mar. 2026
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The love described is classical in tone, so tragically all-consuming and full of shadows that to listen on an iPhone seems almost profane.—
Kiana Mickles,
Pitchfork,
19 Mar. 2026
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“Hants.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hants. Accessed 25 Mar. 2026.
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