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feeling so terrified that every shadow became a specter
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So with the specter of extinction looming once again, wildlife officials took them out of the wild and into captivity.
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Benji Jones, Vox, 26 Feb. 2025
The specter of tariffs is also looming large over the economy.
—Megan Poinski, Forbes, 25 Feb. 2025
Japan and South Korea auto stocks, such as Nissan Motor and Hyundai Motor, retreated on the specter of auto tariffs, weighing down the indexes of both countries.
—Yeo Boon Ping, CNBC, 20 Feb. 2025
It's punctuated by cut-ins from the present day, where Swann and Autumn switch between reminiscing over how simple everything was back then and trying to figure out what exactly happened those decades ago, with the specter of the ominous package looming overhead.
—Matt Robison, Newsweek, 18 Feb. 2025
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Benji Jones, Vox, 26 Feb. 2025
The specter of tariffs is also looming large over the economy.
—Megan Poinski, Forbes, 25 Feb. 2025
Japan and South Korea auto stocks, such as Nissan Motor and Hyundai Motor, retreated on the specter of auto tariffs, weighing down the indexes of both countries.
—Yeo Boon Ping, CNBC, 20 Feb. 2025
It's punctuated by cut-ins from the present day, where Swann and Autumn switch between reminiscing over how simple everything was back then and trying to figure out what exactly happened those decades ago, with the specter of the ominous package looming overhead.
—Matt Robison, Newsweek, 18 Feb. 2025
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“Specter.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/specter. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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