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wraiths

noun

plural of wraith

as in spirits

the soul of a dead person thought of especially as appearing to living people the people who once lived here believed that their world was populated by wraiths and witches

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Recent Examples of wraiths The score by Joseph Bishara is shivery with chorales that moan like wraiths in the wind. — Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 30 Apr. 2026 The earliest depictions of slavery were already crawling with the terrible proceedings the Gothic tends to depict, from bloody whippings to family curses to the wrathful wraiths of the slain enslaved. — Literary Hub, 20 Feb. 2026

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To be clear, there have been agave spirits that have been made with mole before.

— Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 22 July 2026
To preserve the fruit, Elio Carta’s grandmother, Anna Maria Perra, placed the berries in spirits already produced by the family, laying the foundation for what became the house’s historic myrtle recipe.

— Layne Randolph, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026

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Rooms Thanks to a semi-recent renovation in 2018, The Coonamessett’s 29 rooms and suites capture all the charm of Old Cape Cod with none of the ghosts.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 July 2026
Trouble is, the place is haunted by racist ghosts (Stranger Things’ Brett Gelman and Ari Dayan) with dark motives of their own.

— Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 24 July 2026

Definition of ghosts

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While humanity knows about superheroes like Spider-Man (hence, the events of the previous games), mutants are still largely living in the shadows.

— Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 22 July 2026
Lancelot, noticeably weary, impassive, and preoccupied atop an equally weary black horse, follows the sorcerer, while Merlin leads him up the path into the realm of shadows, out of the frame to the left.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 22 July 2026

Definition of shadows

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Such a designation, evidently, would save agents from wasting time chasing phantoms.

— Adam Ciralsky, Vanity Fair, 19 Mar. 2026
Just in time for Halloween, the sonic phantoms that have long plagued the ladies of The View have seemingly possessed inanimate objects over on the Live With Kelly and Mark set.

— Joey Nolfi, Entertainment Weekly, 28 Oct. 2025

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