wraith

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Recent Examples of wraith Many slide hopelessly back into lives as nearly invisible wraiths, measured in the intervals between fixes — and arrests. Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board, Orlando Sentinel, 16 Dec. 2024 Discovery, two of the bigger owners of these cable-network wraiths, haven’t had much to show for keeping them up and running. Brian Steinberg, Variety, 31 Oct. 2024 Human puppets swayed over a Pont like wraiths of those who had been staked there. 🎾 Follow Sports Dashing through it all was the torchbearer, his identity unknown. Sally Jenkins, Washington Post, 27 July 2024 And the second revealed the full menagerie of creatures that will appear in Season 2, including wraiths, wolves, ents and a giant cave troll. Jordan Moreau, Variety, 26 July 2024 See All Example Sentences for wraith
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Noun
  • Even in areas where plaintiffs theoretically have power—say, in mass tort litigation—Gatsby’s ghost lingers.
    Aron Solomon June 24, Literary Hub, 24 June 2025
  • On the big screen, he's taken on a wide range of roles, from the titular antihero in Hellboy (2019) and a not-so-jolly Santa Claus in Violent Night (2022) to a friendly ghost dad in We Have a Ghost (2023) and a former race car driver in Gran Turismo (2023).
    Allison DeGrushe Published, EW.com, 21 June 2025
Noun
  • But the 2025 apparition of Mars has been one of the poorer and more distant ones in the planet's 15-to-17-year cycle of oppositions near and far.
    Joe Rao, Space.com, 13 June 2025
  • There also might be a few Netflix apparitions, like the would-be Nancy Meyers comeback rom-com.
    Mia Galuppo, HollywoodReporter, 12 June 2025
Noun
  • The supernatural thriller sees a woman return from death as a vindictive spirit to torment her adulterous husband.
    Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 26 June 2025
  • Although modern historians still debate the exact details of his role, Craig’s life story captures the entrepreneurial spirit, religious fervor, and frontier innovation that shaped early America and led to the creation of one of the world’s finest spirits.
    Joseph V Micallef, Forbes.com, 26 June 2025
Noun
  • At least until quarter to 2, when Lindsay Lohan whorls through the door like a raspy chaos phantom.
    Jeff Weiss, HollywoodReporter, 12 June 2025
  • But does Chuck let this phantom haunt him into adulthood?
    Ashley Boucher, EW.com, 7 June 2025

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“Wraith.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wraith. Accessed 2 Jul. 2025.

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