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horror shows

noun

plural of horror show
as in pains

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  1. pains
  2. headaches
  3. murders
  4. chores
  5. bears
  6. sticky wickets
  7. killers
  8. beasts
Noun
  • Shohei Ohtani, Freddie Freeman, Andy Pages, Rojas and others will still be playing through aches and pains by the time October rolls around.
    — Fabian Ardaya, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2026
  • Court filings haven't specified the nature of the new evidence; the judge and attorneys took pains not to disclose any details during a pretrial hearing on Tuesday.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 15 Sep. 2026
Definition of pains
Noun
  • There will be recruiting battles and NIL headaches and portal defections and angry message boards and all the other insanity that comes with coaching at a place where fans consider 9-3 an average record rather than an accomplishment.
    — Mike Bianchi, The Orlando Sentinel, 20 Sep. 2026
  • The growth that got her there had eaten everything—more people, more vendors, more headaches, but no more margin.
    — Meredith Moore, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2026
Definition of headaches
Noun
  • Which was a more challenging scene to film in the early episodes, the murders or the near-death attempt and vomiting?
    — Jackie Strause, HollywoodReporter, 18 Sep. 2026
  • In fact, though John arrived on August 3, Lizzie saw him only after the murders on the following afternoon.
    — Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 18 Sep. 2026
Definition of murders
Noun
  • Women are no longer required universally to stay home and handle all of the cleaning chores by themselves.
    — Tom Roland, Billboard, 10 Sep. 2026
  • Doug worked every blue-collar job under the sun and made Tucker do chores on the farm from a young age.
    — Matt Schneidman, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026
Definition of chores
Noun
  • Keep bears and other animals away from birdfeeders by bringing them in during the months that bears are active.
    — Michelle Mastro, Martha Stewart, 15 Sep. 2026
  • Massive bears square up in Alaska ABC News shared a video on Instagram this week of two massive bears in a tense standoff in Alaska.
    — David Hookstead OutKick, FOXNews.com, 11 Sep. 2026
Definition of bears
Noun
  • Of philosophy’s many sticky wickets, consciousness is perhaps the most perplexing.
    — Kevin Dickinson, Big Think, 20 Aug. 2025
Definition of sticky wickets
Noun
  • The case cast Letby as one of Britain’s most prolific child serial killers.
    — Billy Stockwell, CNN Money, 15 Sep. 2026
  • Penalties are drive-killers The Dolphins had the ball within 30 yards of the end zone in the second quarter.
    — Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 13 Sep. 2026
Definition of killers
Noun
  • Ridley Scott was that rarest of beasts in Hollywood, a guy who could make one riveting blockbuster after another while maintaining absolute creative integrity.
    — Jimmy Chin, HollywoodReporter, 14 Sep. 2026
  • Imagine being a human and getting in between those two beasts.
    — David Hookstead OutKick, FOXNews.com, 11 Sep. 2026
Definition of beasts
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“Horror shows.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/horror%20shows. Accessed 21 Sep. 2026.

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