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Recent Examples of ghoulish
Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle were sometimes willing to excuse things like the Palestinian Authority's commitment to its ghoulish pay for slay program, which richly rewards anyone who slaughters Jews.
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Mark R. Weaver, Newsweek, 4 Dec. 2024
There’s a chill in the air (maybe) and the ghoulish sights of Halloween are all around us.
—Caleb Harris, Austin American-Statesman, 24 Oct. 2024
Enter its doors, and ghoulish masks of past presidents stare down at you from above a wall of wacky, colorful wigs.
—Christopher Intagliata, NPR, 13 Sep. 2024
These boxes are filled with different foods that might be mistaken for something ghoulish: peeled grapes as a mummy’s eyeballs or cooked spaghetti as a monster’s brains.
—Drew Gerber, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
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Mark R. Weaver, Newsweek, 4 Dec. 2024
There’s a chill in the air (maybe) and the ghoulish sights of Halloween are all around us.
—Caleb Harris, Austin American-Statesman, 24 Oct. 2024
Enter its doors, and ghoulish masks of past presidents stare down at you from above a wall of wacky, colorful wigs.
—Christopher Intagliata, NPR, 13 Sep. 2024
These boxes are filled with different foods that might be mistaken for something ghoulish: peeled grapes as a mummy’s eyeballs or cooked spaghetti as a monster’s brains.
—Drew Gerber, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ghoulish
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Many years in the distant future, after a devastating war reshaped the entire globe, a queen sends Gray into the ghostly wilderness of the Lost Lands, where the laws of nature don't apply.EW.com, EW.com, 8 Jan. 2025
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Also noteworthy is the island’s caliche forest, a ghostly collection of calcified prehistoric plants.Nicholas DeRenzo, AFAR Media, 6 Jan. 2025
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Reuniting with go-to Hollywood screenwriter David Koepp, who wrote his kicky techno-thriller Kimi, the director tells a familiar haunted-house story but from the haunter’s perspective — literally, as the entire movie unfolds from a spectral first-person POV!A.A. Dowd, Vulture, 6 Jan. 2025
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These spectral mentors offer both comfort and warning, their presence giving new urgency to Shafak’s metaphors.Fidan Cheikosman, JSTOR Daily, 1 Jan. 2025
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The ghastly damage to my neighborhood was a complete shock.James R. Riffel, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Jan. 2025
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When Maria returns home and visitors arrive, Jesús is forced to reckon with the ghastly horror in their midst.Erik Piepenburg, New York Times, 3 Jan. 2025
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The show features new characters, eerie mysteries, and lots of surprises.Lauren Brown West-Rosenthal, Parents, 13 Jan. 2025
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After losing her home in the ongoing Southern California wildfires, Ricki Lake shared an eerie throwback in which the tragedy was predicted.Glenn Garner, Deadline, 12 Jan. 2025
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Entertainment gossip and news from Newsweek's network of contributors Turns out, Hollywood's favorite spooky kid and Disney's ultimate bestie are family IRL — and now there's a photo to prove it.Kevin Lynn, Newsweek, 8 Jan. 2025
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Audiences who want a spooky good time can simply revel in the audiovisual goods.Eric Kohn, The Hollywood Reporter, 6 Jan. 2025
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Just watching this thing is a haunting reverie set to some of Trent Reznor and Atticus’s lush score.Christian Blauvelt, IndieWire, 25 Nov. 2024
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In an in-depth explanation of the movie's haunting, emotional ending, Larraín tells Entertainment Weekly that the note was all real, and that Jolie preserved her real singing voice until the time came to film the conclusion, and let her vocals loose for her final take on set.EW.com, EW.com, 12 Dec. 2024
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Mi-Mo Pixar’s logo, Luxo Jr., is an anthropomorphic desk lamp that is by turns cute and creepy.Chandra Steele, PCMAG, 10 Jan. 2025
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In a decade of TV witches; an alluring genie; a mother who communicates through a car radio; a flying nun; and creepy and kooky, mysterious and spooky families; there was really nothing all that unusual about a talking horse.Marc Berman, Forbes, 5 Jan. 2025
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Duran Duran has paid tribute to the late American filmmaker David Lynch, whose brilliant and bizarre films laid the inspirational groundwork for a young Nick Rhodes.Lars Brandle, Billboard, 17 Jan. 2025
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By Judy Berman January 17, 2025 6:00 AM EST The spectacular finale of Severance’s first season introduced a love triangle more bizarre than New Order could ever have imagined.Judy Berman, TIME, 17 Jan. 2025
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“Ghoulish.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ghoulish. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.
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