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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David Faris, TheWeek, 24 Feb. 2026
Though there are apps that are geared toward mental health, these tools often don’t acknowledge the uncertainty that haunts people’s lives.
—Lyssanoel Frater, USA Today, 24 Feb. 2026
Annabelle Dufraigne, Architectural Digest, 12 Feb. 2026
Snugly tucked inside a historic hotel in Portland’s West End, Wayside Tavern quickly solidified itself as a regular haunt among visitors and locals alike.
—Emma Simard, Saveur, 4 Feb. 2026
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Verb
The gorgeous, haunting animation allows the filmmakers to precisely recreate the Lebanese battlefield and grapple with the events that led to the infamous massacre of Palestinian refugees at the Sabra and Shatila refugee camp outside of Beirut at the hands of Lebanese Christian extremists.
—David Faris, TheWeek, 24 Feb. 2026
Though there are apps that are geared toward mental health, these tools often don’t acknowledge the uncertainty that haunts people’s lives.
—Lyssanoel Frater, USA Today, 24 Feb. 2026
Noun
The legendary American photographer, known for chronicling the jet set at play, counted Cortina among his favorite haunts—alongside Santa Barbara and the Bahamas.
—Annabelle Dufraigne, Architectural Digest, 12 Feb. 2026
Snugly tucked inside a historic hotel in Portland’s West End, Wayside Tavern quickly solidified itself as a regular haunt among visitors and locals alike.
—Emma Simard, Saveur, 4 Feb. 2026
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They're honored and grateful to be invited and any opportunity to visit the White House as a team will be based on their schedules once their seasons conclude.—
Allison DeGrushe,
Entertainment Weekly,
28 Feb. 2026
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Jesse found out about this and came to visit.—
Rick Davis,
CNN Money,
27 Feb. 2026
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Set the scene Niseko, a small ski resort on Japan’s northernmost island Hokkaido, has evolved into a hangout for thrill-seeking snow lovers with a healthy wallet over the past decade.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
26 Feb. 2026
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The popular hangout is known for its friendly service, quirky decor, artsy Western style, and outdoor patio.—
Patricia Doherty,
Travel + Leisure,
25 Feb. 2026
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What begins as a journey for father and son to spread the ashes of their wife and mother, Faye, quickly turns into a fantastical adventure the tests their relationship and digs up ghosts from Kratos' past.—
Nick Romano,
Entertainment Weekly,
27 Feb. 2026
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In times of crumble and collapse, buildings and governments may fall, but stories are the ghosts that whisper to us from the rubble.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
26 Feb. 2026
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Before its publication and subsequent Netflix docuseries adaptation, psychedelics were typically spoken of in hushed tones by people who frequented Phish shows.—
Nick Hilden,
Rolling Stone,
24 Feb. 2026
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Backstreet Boys frontman Nick Carter surprised fans at a Las Vegas shop he’s frequented during the group’s residency at The Sphere.—
Andy Scholes,
CNN Money,
23 Feb. 2026
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The road to get to the cabin lodgings of Dunton Hot Springs, the 1800s ghost town turned resort tucked in the San Juan Mountains of the Colorado Rockies, is paved with bad WiFi.—
Fiorella Valdesolo,
Vogue,
25 Feb. 2026
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In recent years, beach-goers from the United States and Canada have largely abandoned the famed Pacific resort of Acapulco as feuding mini-cartels sent the murder rate skyrocketing.—
Mary Beth Sheridan,
CNN Money,
24 Feb. 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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Our Lady, a revered apparition of the Virgin Mary, asked why Flores-Gomez had stopped singing to her.—
Alyssa N. Salcedo,
jsonline.com,
20 Feb. 2026
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People close to the squad say there has been no sign of Sesko being negatively affected by being named on the bench; in fact, quite the opposite.—
Ian Irving,
New York Times,
28 Feb. 2026
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Modeling studies show that migration between populations, environmental variability, and genetic diversity can significantly affect drive spread.—
Srishti Gupta,
Interesting Engineering,
27 Feb. 2026
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During the war, Serbian leader Slobodan Milosevic ordered the ethnic cleansing of the majority Albanians in Kosovo, burning villages and forcing some 700,000 Kosovo Albanians to seek refuge in neighboring Albania, which touched off NATO intervention.—
Peter Lucas,
Boston Herald,
28 Feb. 2026
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In the early Seventies, Sedaka found refuge and fresh inspiration in England.—
Jon Blistein,
Rolling Stone,
27 Feb. 2026
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“Haunt.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/haunt. Accessed 3 Mar. 2026.
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