as in frequents
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 hangouts
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 spirits
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 haunts
Doug Myers, CBS News, 17 Apr. 2026
Now, the specter of genocide and famine haunts the region once again.
—Emmanuel Akinwotu, NPR, 15 Apr. 2026
What haunts Ahmad most from that night is the elderly white man who turned toward a group of women wearing hijabs in the front few rows.
—Connor Letourneau, San Francisco Chronicle, 11 Apr. 2026
The set of portraits haunts Julian’s attic, sitting in an empty bathtub in their partial states.
—David Sims, The Atlantic, 10 Apr. 2026
Soderbergh always saw the verticality of the townhouse, with each floor representing a different aspect of the life that now haunts him, as key to the film.
—Chris O'Falt, IndieWire, 8 Apr. 2026
The gesture is sentimental, showy, and, in all its glitz, moving in a way that haunts me.
—Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 8 Apr. 2026
That young and vulnerable Emma, played by a compelling Jordyn Curet, haunts the film in flashbacks and hallucinations.
—Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 2 Apr. 2026
The 1991 movie stars Nick Nolte as Sam Bowden, the one-time public defender who Cady haunts, blaming his long prison incarceration for rape on purposefully faulty defense tactics.
—Bryan Alexander, USA Today, 31 Mar. 2026
Boston Herald Editorial Staff, Boston Herald, 15 Apr. 2026
By the early summer, most of the bass have finished spawning in the shallows and have now pushed back to deeper water to find their summer haunts.
—Derek Horner, Outdoor Life, 2 Apr. 2026
There’s a lot of historical buildings from 75 years ago that are favored haunts, and then there’s a lot of rock ‘n’ roll clubs from 50 years ago, like the Troubadour and the Whisky a-Go-Go.
—Chris Willman, Variety, 21 Mar. 2026
Shane, whose run in All Out at the Nederlander Theater ends March 8, took some time to show Condé Nast Traveler some of his favorite Manhattan haunts—from a five-star hotel to a tawdry nightclub to the first brow aesthetician that put him at ease.
—Charlie Hobbs, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Mar. 2026
Peel yourself away from the island's precious beaches for a long, lazy afternoon spent enjoying sweeping views from this hillside spot and popping into breezy local haunts like Robert Righteous and de Youths, known for its colorful Caribbean decor.
—Carley Rojas Avila, Travel + Leisure, 3 Mar. 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
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
Jazz haunts with debts owed to its creators, and has a knack for revivals, collectives, new venues in the old forms, and stalwart clubs revivified by benefactors and grant funding.
—Celina Pereira, Los Angeles Times, 28 Jan. 2026
Verb
Surveillance video still haunts investigators April 18, 2016, surveillance video shows a person in tactical gear walking through Creekside Church in Midlothian.
—Doug Myers, CBS News, 17 Apr. 2026
Now, the specter of genocide and famine haunts the region once again.
—Emmanuel Akinwotu, NPR, 15 Apr. 2026
What haunts Ahmad most from that night is the elderly white man who turned toward a group of women wearing hijabs in the front few rows.
—Connor Letourneau, San Francisco Chronicle, 11 Apr. 2026
The set of portraits haunts Julian’s attic, sitting in an empty bathtub in their partial states.
—David Sims, The Atlantic, 10 Apr. 2026
Soderbergh always saw the verticality of the townhouse, with each floor representing a different aspect of the life that now haunts him, as key to the film.
—Chris O'Falt, IndieWire, 8 Apr. 2026
The gesture is sentimental, showy, and, in all its glitz, moving in a way that haunts me.
—Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 8 Apr. 2026
That young and vulnerable Emma, played by a compelling Jordyn Curet, haunts the film in flashbacks and hallucinations.
—Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 2 Apr. 2026
The 1991 movie stars Nick Nolte as Sam Bowden, the one-time public defender who Cady haunts, blaming his long prison incarceration for rape on purposefully faulty defense tactics.
—Bryan Alexander, USA Today, 31 Mar. 2026
Noun
Part of the vicious cycle of addiction is returning to the same haunts, the same friends, and the same circumstances that spurred the spiral into drug use.
—Boston Herald Editorial Staff, Boston Herald, 15 Apr. 2026
By the early summer, most of the bass have finished spawning in the shallows and have now pushed back to deeper water to find their summer haunts.
—Derek Horner, Outdoor Life, 2 Apr. 2026
There’s a lot of historical buildings from 75 years ago that are favored haunts, and then there’s a lot of rock ‘n’ roll clubs from 50 years ago, like the Troubadour and the Whisky a-Go-Go.
—Chris Willman, Variety, 21 Mar. 2026
Shane, whose run in All Out at the Nederlander Theater ends March 8, took some time to show Condé Nast Traveler some of his favorite Manhattan haunts—from a five-star hotel to a tawdry nightclub to the first brow aesthetician that put him at ease.
—Charlie Hobbs, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Mar. 2026
Peel yourself away from the island's precious beaches for a long, lazy afternoon spent enjoying sweeping views from this hillside spot and popping into breezy local haunts like Robert Righteous and de Youths, known for its colorful Caribbean decor.
—Carley Rojas Avila, Travel + Leisure, 3 Mar. 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
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
Jazz haunts with debts owed to its creators, and has a knack for revivals, collectives, new venues in the old forms, and stalwart clubs revivified by benefactors and grant funding.
—Celina Pereira, Los Angeles Times, 28 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for haunts
Verb
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Mike Cornblatt with Jimmy's Famous Seafood said Cowser frequents the restaurant.—
Kaicey Baylor,
CBS News,
26 Mar. 2026
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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
Noun
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Police throughout the United States regularly raided gay hangouts in the 1950s and ‘60s.—
Julio Capó,
Sun Sentinel,
16 Apr. 2026
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Certain categories, like social hangouts or free-form drawing, are excluded by default for younger users.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
15 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Customized services from the building’s concierge available to all include events such as wine and spirits tastings that will bring neighbors together.—
Mike DeSimone,
Robb Report,
19 Apr. 2026
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The inclement weather was a factor early with slick footballs impacting the passing game, but the group’s spirits remained high.—
Jack Murray,
Boston Herald,
19 Apr. 2026
Verb
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Conservative party leader Kemi Badenoch visits the Well-Safe Protector Oil Rig at Aberdeen's South Harbour, on March 30, 2026 in Aberdeen, Scotland.—
Sam Meredith,
CNBC,
15 Apr. 2026
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Decades into the future, a team of scientists visits in order to evaluate their progress.—
James Folta,
Literary Hub,
14 Apr. 2026
Noun
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As Tuesday dawned, Artemis II commander Reid Wiseman continued to beam back pictures of the previous day’s lunar rendezvous, which set a distance record for humanity.—
Marcia Dunn,
Los Angeles Times,
8 Apr. 2026
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By late Tuesday afternoon, the Artemis II astronauts had beamed back more than 50 gigabytes’ worth of pictures and other data from the previous day’s lunar rendezvous, which set a new distance record for humanity.—
Marcia Dunn,
Chicago Tribune,
7 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Always fact check those ghosts.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
10 Apr. 2026
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His boldest innovation is to invoke not past glories but past disasters, summoning the ghosts of the United States’ catastrophic interventions in Iraq.—
Fintan O’Toole,
The New York Review of Books,
9 Apr. 2026
Verb
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This is a good moment for a direct money conversation or to review something that affects both sides.—
Tarot.com,
The Orlando Sentinel,
20 Apr. 2026
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The shape of a pot affects drainage, with taller, narrower pots draining better than shorter, wider ones.—
Paul Cappiello,
Louisville Courier Journal,
17 Apr. 2026
Noun
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What’s astonishing, though, is that at the birth of urban parkland, these refuges from urban chaos were designed with such enduring sophistication.—
Justin Davidson,
Curbed,
14 Apr. 2026
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Why perpetuate this problem in city parks — our best refuges from the danger, noise and congestion of city streets?—
Jon Orcutt,
New York Daily News,
14 Mar. 2026
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