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Adjective
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These ghostly demons are said to appear before a person's passing, a premonition that looks identical to the soon-to-be-deceased.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
22 May 2025 -
Vogue recently spoke to Walker about letting Tom Wolfe guide her expectations of present-day digital media, her favorite blog she’s ever written, the ghostly specter of the girlboss, and attempting to resist universalizing in her writing.—
Emma Specter,
Vogue,
22 May 2025
Adjective
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Such spectral doppelgängers stalk the living as grim omens of impending death.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
22 May 2025
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As the spectral figure begins to manifest in real life, his girlfriend Pia investigates the ghost’s identity, uncovering connections to a former university student named Lilies.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
17 May 2025
Adjective
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Hell, Skinner was already celebrating while DeSmith was kicking at a phantom puck.—
Mark Lazerus,
New York Times,
30 May 2025
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As the casualties have mounted, locals have speculated on everything from the birds being electrocuted by power lines to a phantom serial bird killer being on the loose.—
Bill Hutchinson,
ABC News,
12 May 2025
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“Ghostlike.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ghostlike. Accessed 3 Jun. 2025.
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