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Recent Examples of Synonyms for lamiae
Noun
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For the scene, which ends with the sunrise and the annihilation of the vampires, director Ryan Coogler submerged the cast and crew in a Louisiana lake.—
Jazz Tangcay,
Variety,
18 Feb. 2026 -
Written by Port and Wiseman, Eternally Yours is an eternal love story about two vampires, Liz (Edwards) and Charles (Weeks), who have been married for five hundred years, and their struggles to accept the human, Max (Lewison), who is dating their daughter, Emma (Shen).—
Nellie Andreeva,
Deadline,
9 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Coach Brad Willis’ team responded to the setback by shaking off the loss plus the demons of a first-round exit in Division 1 last season.—
Dan Albano,
Oc Register,
18 Feb. 2026
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Mikaela Shiffrin can now leave her Olympics demons behind.—
Sean Gregory,
Time,
18 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Here was music that pushed the genre back to the realm of ghosts and ghouls, the ideal soundtrack for doing battle with Dracula on the spiral staircase of his manor.—
Sam Goldner,
Pitchfork,
17 Feb. 2026
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Even a half-century later, the undead ghouls that descend upon survivors in a Pennsylvania farm house are timeless and the gut-punch ending couldn't be more timely.—
Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
13 Feb. 2026
Noun
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The filmmaker also resorts to that overused crutch of horror movies by which horrific events are revealed to be nightmares.—
Frank Scheck,
HollywoodReporter,
19 Feb. 2026
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Audre Lorde kept track of her nightmares and talked about going from the nightmare to the poem.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
17 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Our conjure drives the cinematic imagination of Americans like the hags who ride our backs during our darkest nightmares.—
Essence,
Essence,
29 Oct. 2025
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Rather than hang out with the two old hags, Cherry decides to try her luck on the stand-up paddleboards with Brigitte and Daniel, but quickly loses her balance.—
Rafaela Bassili,
Vulture,
10 Sep. 2025
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“Lamiae.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lamiae. Accessed 26 Feb. 2026.
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