as in demon
a female spirit in Irish and Scottish stories who cries loudly to warn people that someone is going to die soon
claimed to have heard the terrifying wail of a banshee
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Recent Examples of banshee
It would be inspired by Pandora – The World of Avatar, which opened at Disney’s Animal Kingdom at Disney World in 2017 and won rave reviews in part for its Avatar Flight of Passage attraction, where guests can ride a banshee on a 3-D flight over Pandora.
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Michael Salerno, The Arizona Republic, 9 May 2024
Almshouse dwellers, sitting in the sun, watching the surging tide and the glistening water, tell of spirits and banshees and fays.
—Alexander Sammon, Harper's Magazine, 25 June 2022
Both center on one of the genre’s most reliable tropes: mothers who either turn into monsters or have been banshees from hell from the very beginning.
—Ann Hornaday, Washington Post, 22 Apr. 2023
The ride’s personal, stationary-bike-like vehicles vibrate to mimic the movements of an animal — this is my banshee — and riders soar among Pandora’s floating mountains and through waterfalls, all of it cresting in the final act when the sounds of nature give way to a comforting musical score.
—Todd Martens, Los Angeles Times, 18 Nov. 2022
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Michael Salerno, The Arizona Republic, 9 May 2024
Almshouse dwellers, sitting in the sun, watching the surging tide and the glistening water, tell of spirits and banshees and fays.
—Alexander Sammon, Harper's Magazine, 25 June 2022
Both center on one of the genre’s most reliable tropes: mothers who either turn into monsters or have been banshees from hell from the very beginning.
—Ann Hornaday, Washington Post, 22 Apr. 2023
The ride’s personal, stationary-bike-like vehicles vibrate to mimic the movements of an animal — this is my banshee — and riders soar among Pandora’s floating mountains and through waterfalls, all of it cresting in the final act when the sounds of nature give way to a comforting musical score.
—Todd Martens, Los Angeles Times, 18 Nov. 2022
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The new bar follows the transformation of an angel into a demon (inspired by Gokan's life and professional journey from Angel’s Share in New York to his bars in Asia and now Europe).Isabelle Kliger, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
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The first-seven-minutes clip though shows some entirely different characters and a man’s desperate attempt to try to pass off the demons pursuing him.Brian Welk, IndieWire, 4 Nov. 2024
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Gloria and Ruby arrive soon enough, dragging husbands and humdrum lives from elsewhere in Britain, but Joan is the real phantom — no one in the family has seen her for twenty years.Sara Holdren, Vulture, 29 Sep. 2024
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Mary Holland is joining the cast as Patience, the ghost of an ultra-judgmental Puritan woman abandoned by gay Revolutionary War phantom Isaac (Brandon Scott Jones).Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 18 Oct. 2024
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But the costumes are rarely ghosts, ghouls and other holiday classics.Sasha Hupka, The Arizona Republic, 4 Nov. 2024
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The famed ghoul proved to be a popular costume choice among TV show hosts with Al Roker, Mark Consuelos and Kelly Clarkson all slipping into black-and-white pantsuits and donning green wigs on their respective shows on Thursday, Oct. 31.Sabienna Bowman, People.com, 31 Oct. 2024
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And while flying requires substantially more energy than running, the researchers believe the vampires and similarly burning amino acids for flight as well.Mack DeGeurin, Popular Science, 7 Nov. 2024
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Step aside Disney princesses, vampires and minions – another Halloween costume may have joined the list of most popular getups for 2024: Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow.Grace Tucker, The Enquirer, 1 Nov. 2024
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According to Taiwanese rural folklore, figures spotted in yellow coats in the mountainous forests are not human, but ghosts who seek to lead the living astray.Patrick Frater, Variety, 5 Nov. 2024
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That night, Elizabeth’s ghost possesses Jill to speak to Jack.Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 5 Nov. 2024
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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
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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
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The lore goes that multiple apparitions haunt the area, including 16-year-old Frank Denvin, who fell head-first from a water slide into an empty cement tank in 1896, and two brothers who remain drawn to the dangerous currents.Shawna Chen, Axios, 30 Oct. 2024
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Just when Americans had all but forgotten about the senescent apparition haunting the Oval Office, Joe Biden wanders aimlessly in from the wings to remind the voting public of its resolve to usher him out of public life forever.Noah Rothman, National Review, 23 Oct. 2024
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The film treats Ryder’s Beth as the evil hag witch who the virginal hard worker Nina has to beat to achieve her dreams, and Ryder plays that role with relish and gusto.Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 6 Sep. 2024
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Oh, and Jen is also there, dressed as the hag form of the Evil Queen from Snow White.Katie Campione, Deadline, 23 Oct. 2024
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“Banshee.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/banshee. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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