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haunt

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noun

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Recent Examples of haunt
Verb
Both deals arrive at a time when the South Bay apartment market is showing strength as well as being haunted by some financial setbacks. George Avalos, Mercury News, 4 Mar. 2026 In court Monday, the boy’s oldest brother, now 19, once again spoke, telling the judge he is haunted by guilt. Dan Sullivan, The Orlando Sentinel, 3 Mar. 2026
Noun
Yes, that Indochine—the eclectic French‑Vietnamese restaurant on Lafayette Street and former haunt of Andy Warhol and Keith Haring. Air Mail, 21 Feb. 2026 Classic Eats Despite this growing culinary flourish, longtime local haunts still stay true to Waco’s hometown culture. Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 15 Feb. 2026 See All Example Sentences for haunt
Recent Examples of Synonyms for haunt
Verb
  • For more details on the claims process or to download a claim form, visit the Hoosier Lottery Winners page or contact the customer service team at 1-800-955-6886.
    Chris Sims, IndyStar, 7 Mar. 2026
  • In our roundup of travel news this week, why social bathhouses are a hot new wellness trend, the Portuguese chicken shop Chinese tourists are traveling thousands of miles to visit, plus travel chaos in the Middle East.
    Maureen O'Hare, CNN Money, 7 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • The first half of the event includes activities that participants rotate through and the second half is an unstructured hangout session where teens can listen to music, complete an art project or play a variety of board, yard and video games.
    Pomerado News, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Mar. 2026
  • Kirbee’s will also open at night as a neighborhood burger hangout, White said.
    Bud Kennedy, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 11 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • The Paramount+ series, which follows a group of ghosts stuck in purgatory inside their high school, uses its premise — characters tethered to different decades — as both a narrative engine and a musical one.
    Kennedy French, Variety, 5 Mar. 2026
  • However, the gap to Arsenal is back up to seven points, below, and in trying eradicate it, City are chasing a ghost.
    Phil Hay, New York Times, 5 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • Kennedy frequents hotels and allegedly secures large numbers of rooms for extended stays while acting as a business owner, Morais said.
    Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 11 Mar. 2026
  • Born into a family of drag racers, Headrick grew up frequenting a track about 30 minutes from his childhood home in Braidwood, Ill.
    Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 11 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Estorino currently oversees international park operations at Disney theme park resorts in China, Japan and France.
    Brady MacDonald, Oc Register, 11 Mar. 2026
  • Eco effort Over 1,000 solar panels power the resort’s operations during the day, while an on-site treatment plant recycles up to 80% of the wastewater used for landscaping.
    Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 10 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Mercury puts on its best evening apparition of 2025 for Northern Hemisphere observers during these two weeks.
    Joe Rao, Space.com, 2 Mar. 2026
  • 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
Verb
  • All of the laws attacking transgender people actually negatively affect all women… people getting accosted in bathrooms are cis women often.
    Kirsten Chuba, HollywoodReporter, 6 Mar. 2026
  • Earlier this year, data center buildings went offline for days due to winter weather affecting some of the liquid cooling machinery.
    Bloomberg Wire, Dallas Morning News, 6 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Tom Fletcher, United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, said in a briefing on March 6 that about 100,000 people in Lebanon are seeking refuge from attacks in shelters.
    Kathryn Palmer, USA Today, 8 Mar. 2026
  • Instead of acting as a refuge, US government bonds took their cue from surging crude prices and yields shot up, with inflation fears taking center stage at a time when prices are already running higher than central banks would like.
    Michael MacKenzie, Bloomberg, 8 Mar. 2026

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“Haunt.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/haunt. Accessed 13 Mar. 2026.

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