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
Ben Travers, IndieWire, 6 Nov. 2025
Always Greener, which scored 15 nominations on the annual Brit List, is a high concept script that follows a struggling artist, haunted by past failure, who is given a one-in-a-million chance to become his rich and successful doppelganger from a parallel universe.
—Max Goldbart, Deadline, 5 Nov. 2025
Latria Graham, AFAR Media, 28 Oct. 2025
The ghost of Fingers – who tickled the ivories for decades in the Calico Saloon – returned to his old haunt in a spirit form for the first time this Halloween season with a little help from the Knott’s Scary Farm creative team.
—Brady MacDonald, Oc Register, 24 Oct. 2025
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Verb
The premiere builds to an extended parody of sorts, both haunting and hysterical at once, and its black yet bubbly sense of humor only spreads from there.
—Ben Travers, IndieWire, 6 Nov. 2025
Always Greener, which scored 15 nominations on the annual Brit List, is a high concept script that follows a struggling artist, haunted by past failure, who is given a one-in-a-million chance to become his rich and successful doppelganger from a parallel universe.
—Max Goldbart, Deadline, 5 Nov. 2025
Noun
One of my favorite haunts (and my former workplace) is the grand New York Society Library on Manhattan’s Upper East Side.
—Latria Graham, AFAR Media, 28 Oct. 2025
The ghost of Fingers – who tickled the ivories for decades in the Calico Saloon – returned to his old haunt in a spirit form for the first time this Halloween season with a little help from the Knott’s Scary Farm creative team.
—Brady MacDonald, Oc Register, 24 Oct. 2025
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Verb
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An ugly opening half, which featured the teams combining for 6-of-24 shooting in the game’s first 10 minutes, saw the visiting Wildcats catch fire from beyond the arc.—
Hunter Bailey,
Charlotte Observer,
12 Nov. 2025
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Tatum initially visited the cemetery in an attempt to locate the grave of Florence Marie Rawls, an Army veteran who served in the 6888th Central Postal Directory Batallion during World War 2.—
Lillie Davidson,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
12 Nov. 2025
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In metro Detroit, some of these cheap, frill-less dive bars have been hangouts for over a century.—
Susan Selasky,
Freep.com,
7 Nov. 2025
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What does the city council do with the old fascist hangout?—
Fiction Non Fiction,
Literary Hub,
6 Nov. 2025
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The ghosts of a 37-0 shutout to Iowa less than a month ago still lingered — the boos that faded into silence, the homecoming crowd that emptied before the fourth quarter, the scoreboard stuck on humiliation.—
Ira Gorawara,
New York Times,
9 Nov. 2025
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Pacino stars as the enigmatic titular figure, described as part muse, part ghost of cinema past.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
7 Nov. 2025
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The building originally opened as a general store in 1898, before becoming an Irish bar frequented by union workers, firemen and police officers.—
Susan Selasky,
Freep.com,
7 Nov. 2025
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The list includes passenger airports, airline hubs, airports with heavy cargo traffic also Teterboro, New York, which CBS says is frequented by private jets and other general aviation traffic.—
Cheryl Vari,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
6 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Each BioLife location is built to resemble a private resort rather than a clinical setting, reflecting Jones’s belief that environment plays an essential role in healing and consistency.—
Connie Etemadi,
USA Today,
6 Nov. 2025
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Green Lake County’s 19,000 residents are predominantly white, churchgoing, and Republican, many of them farming, or working at gas stations and grocery stores, restaurants and lakeside resorts.—
Jamie Thompson,
The Atlantic,
6 Nov. 2025
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Fettel is present as a ghostly apparition.—
Will Borger,
Rolling Stone,
31 Oct. 2025
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Pulse is a ghost story, featuring two interwoven storylines about young Tokyoites who begin to see and hear strange apparitions flitting across their computer screens.—
Katie Rife,
Entertainment Weekly,
29 Oct. 2025
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So what happens if your flight is affected?—
Rob Wile,
NBC news,
7 Nov. 2025
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But the one part MLB can’t affect is where NCAA sports are in general.—
Chantz Martin,
FOXNews.com,
7 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Best Hotels & Resorts Pousada do Vale Just a short walk from Noronha’s historic center, Pousada do Vale is a lush, garden-like refuge with a lovely spa.—
Carla Vianna,
Travel + Leisure,
5 Nov. 2025
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The 1961 film marked Buñuel’s return to filmmaking in Spain, which was then well into Francisco Franco’s reign as dictator, after more than two decades of taking refuge in the United States and directing features in Mexico.—
Ryan Lattanzio,
IndieWire,
5 Nov. 2025
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“Haunt.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/haunt. Accessed 17 Nov. 2025.
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