as in to visit
to go to or spend time in often
much of her time is spent haunting antique shops in search of unique knobs for the curio cabinets she builds
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as in hangout
a place for spending time or for socializing
one of their favorite after-school haunts is Joe's Pizza
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as in ghost
chiefly dialect
the soul of a dead person thought of especially as appearing to living people
we heard the local tales of a haunt in the choir loft and of a specter in the graveyard
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Recent Examples of haunt
Randy Myers, Mercury News, 8 Jan. 2026
The film follows Evy, played by Nina Kiri (The Handmaid’s Tale), who is the skeptical host of a creepy podcast that receives audio files of a married couple being haunted.
—Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 8 Jan. 2026
Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 27 Dec. 2025
Like the haunts on all Disney ships, most spots on the Destiny are rooted in its heroes versus villains theme, and the attention to detail is unmatched.
—Victoria Uwumarogie, Essence, 9 Dec. 2025
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Some might take issue that actual recordings get used, but given the message this expertly made film so emphatically presents, that haunting voice makes the film all that more powerful, meaningful and dispiriting.
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Prior to Zosia initiating their first kiss, Carol accused her of manipulation by recreating the beloved haunt that was lost to a fire.
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While visiting her parents in Boston, Wells spent time with a close family friend who owns an apartment in Paris.—
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However, Demirel opened the game scoring eight unanswered points to give the visiting Antelopes an early 8-0 lead.—
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With two convenient locations, one in Milpitas and another in Fremont which offers a compact counter-service experience complete with outdoor seating as well as a larger hangout spot with a full bar and even a pool table.—
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These outdoor hangout spots don't get much use during the winter, but snow still piles up on decks during winter storms.—
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For the better part of eight years after Super Bowl 50, the Broncos were an organization with delusions of adequacy, fielding mediocre teams with major problems with ownership drama, mismanaged rosters, ghost drafts and an endless carousel of underwhelming quarterbacks.—
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Tony Sparano, whom Ross inherited, Joe Philbin, Adam Gase, Brian Flores and Mike McDaniel are the ghosts who haunt this franchise.—
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Despite Herrman’s optimism, the loss of the Hollywood Boulevard Marshalls will be felt by the surrounding community and tourists who frequent the area.—
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Chris Lowe, director of the Shark Lab at California State University, Long Beach, said the rocky coastline near Lovers Point attracts sea lions, and seals also frequent offshore waters — both primary prey for great white sharks.—
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The December start to the ski season was one of the latest in years for the El Dorado County resort.—
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The show is especially good at Michigan’s Crystal Mountain, one of our favorite Midwest ski resorts.—
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Sam slips back into her addiction and as her alcoholism worsens, so do the visions and apparitions that seem to be haunting the forest.—
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One of the most stunning exhibitions of the year put the spotlight on Our Lady of Guadalupe, which has a long history dating back to 1531, tied to four apparitions of the Virgin Mary to a peasant in Mexico.—
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Driving through deep water can also negatively affect a vehicle's mechanical and electrical systems.—
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But law enforcement experts told CNN the dragging incident last summer could have affected his decision-making – though how such an experience impacts law enforcement varies from officer to officer.—
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Sosa Rojas first fled persecution in Venezuela in 2014, seeking refuge with his family in Colombia, where his wife was born.—
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The Tofinu took refuge in the lagoons along the Bight of Benin, a core area of the slave trade, venturing forth in canoes with harpoons, javelins, and swords to fight off raiders from powerful nearby kingdoms.—
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“Haunt.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/haunt. Accessed 12 Jan. 2026.
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