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feeling so terrified that every shadow became a specter
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Shadows lengthened and slid up the walls like specters, and a chill descended on the temples.
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Monisha Rajesh, Travel + Leisure, 20 Oct. 2024
Yet McKnight says these orbiting specters of exploded shells might not represent the greatest danger to spacefarers and space habitats.
—Kevin Holden Platt, Forbes, 13 Oct. 2024
Combs is facing several other lawsuits already underway and the specter of many more allegedly due to be filed.
—Cheyenne Roundtree, Rolling Stone, 9 Oct. 2024
And while the specter of Mach’s Haitian ancestry is never far from reach, Pray for Haiti also plays like his witty facsimile of a rap star.
—Pitchfork, 1 Oct. 2024
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Monisha Rajesh, Travel + Leisure, 20 Oct. 2024
Yet McKnight says these orbiting specters of exploded shells might not represent the greatest danger to spacefarers and space habitats.
—Kevin Holden Platt, Forbes, 13 Oct. 2024
Combs is facing several other lawsuits already underway and the specter of many more allegedly due to be filed.
—Cheyenne Roundtree, Rolling Stone, 9 Oct. 2024
And while the specter of Mach’s Haitian ancestry is never far from reach, Pray for Haiti also plays like his witty facsimile of a rap star.
—Pitchfork, 1 Oct. 2024
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“Specter.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/specter. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.
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