as in to visit
to go to or spend time in often
much of her time is spent haunting antique shops in search of unique knobs for the curio cabinets she builds
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as in hangout
a place for spending time or for socializing
one of their favorite after-school haunts is Joe's Pizza
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as in ghost
chiefly dialect
the soul of a dead person thought of especially as appearing to living people
we heard the local tales of a haunt in the choir loft and of a specter in the graveyard
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Recent Examples of haunt
Jeremy Fassler, Vulture, 2 Mar. 2025
That glee in the face of pain may come back to haunt Trump.
—Maureen Dowd, The Mercury News, 25 Feb. 2025
Nancy Tartaglione, Deadline, 15 Feb. 2025
Everybody's favorite haunt is The Purple Fiddle, a divey live-music institution with two shows a day on weekends that brings nationally touring acts to this little slice of Appalachia.
—Kristen Hinman, Axios, 6 Feb. 2025
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Verb
When the characters discuss those wounds, spikes and colored lines emerge from their faces, powerfully illustrating the demons that haunt them every day.
—Jeremy Fassler, Vulture, 2 Mar. 2025
That glee in the face of pain may come back to haunt Trump.
—Maureen Dowd, The Mercury News, 25 Feb. 2025
Noun
In a quick turnaround, Netflix has set a new venue for its annual post-BAFTA Film Awards party on Sunday, after its usual haunt, the Chiltern Firehouse, was evacuated amid a blaze on Friday afternoon.
—Nancy Tartaglione, Deadline, 15 Feb. 2025
Everybody's favorite haunt is The Purple Fiddle, a divey live-music institution with two shows a day on weekends that brings nationally touring acts to this little slice of Appalachia.
—Kristen Hinman, Axios, 6 Feb. 2025
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The film follows father and daughter Elliot and Ridley Kintner (Paul Rudd and Jenna Ortega), who are visiting Elliot’s billionaire boss Odell Leopold (Richard E. Grant) at his lavish mansion deep in the Canadian wilderness.—
Adam B. Vary,
Variety,
9 Mar. 2025
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Parent was only 18 and visiting Garretson, the caretaker, at the Cielo Drive guest house.—
Emily Krauser,
People.com,
9 Mar. 2025
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Notably, parking lots are not among the animal's typical hangouts — but Leggio's, where Cerase spotted the scurrying stoat, is located near a stream, according to WNEP.—
Bailey Richards,
People.com,
9 Mar. 2025
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Dining The hotel’s all-day dining destination, Ajax Downtown (sister restaurant of Ajax Tavern in Aspen), is a lively hangout for locals and visitors alike.—
Elizabeth Brownfield,
Forbes,
1 Mar. 2025
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And with that, the Woodstone property gained yet another ghost, one who may have just launched the show into its season endgame.—
Vlada Gelman,
TVLine,
6 Mar. 2025
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So the unseen figure of the ghost becomes an expression of the filmmaker’s power over the frame, evoking the sadistic-voyeuristic nature of cinema in general and genre cinema in particular.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
6 Mar. 2025
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In 1957, the structure was renamed for famed Chicago attorney Clarence Darrow, a Hyde Park resident who frequented the bucolic bridge while contemplating cases.—
Robert Channick,
Chicago Tribune,
5 Mar. 2025
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Famous faces, like President Teddy Roosevelt and notorious gangster Al Capone, once frequented this geothermal spa, which was constructed in 1888.—
Emily Pennington,
Outside Online,
28 Feb. 2025
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The resort’s manager also pointed to the reduction in hours of operation for the nearby North Troy, VT border crossing.—
Darla Mercado, CFP®,
CNBC,
15 Mar. 2025
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While Jekyll Island is best known for its beaches, resorts, and landmarks like Driftwood Beach and Horton House, its beachfront bars are what visitors are most excited about right now.—
Meghan Overdeep,
Southern Living,
14 Mar. 2025
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In the writer-director’s latest horror flick, The Monkey, there is no malignant apparition, and death doesn’t lurk or stalk.—
Madison Bloom,
Pitchfork,
7 Feb. 2025
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Zoe, as an apparition, is both the cause and relief to her pain.—
Jake Coyle,
Boston Herald,
28 Feb. 2025
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Due date for individuals and businesses in the entire states of Alabama, Georgia, North Carolina, and South Carolina and parts of Florida, Tennessee, and Virginia affected by severe storms and flooding from Hurricane Helene (☆) and Hurricane Milton.—
Kelly Phillips Erb,
Forbes,
8 Mar. 2025
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The two countries exchange a series of tit-for-tat levies affecting hundreds of billions of dollars’ worth of goods.—
TIME,
TIME,
8 Mar. 2025
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New bill to strengthen protections for transgender care Democratic state Sen. Scott Wiener of San Francisco, who authored a 2022 law to make California a safe refuge for transgender youth, introduced a new bill in February to strengthen those protections.—
CalMatters,
The Mercury News,
10 Mar. 2025
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The Wheeler Preserve is also a refuge for more than 10 federally endangered or threatened species, including the rare Whooping Crane, which has been returning each winter since 2004.—
Catherine Jessee,
Southern Living,
8 Mar. 2025
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“Haunt.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/haunt. Accessed 19 Mar. 2025.
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