How to Use the specter of (something) in a Sentence

the specter of (something)

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• Chief among them, for the athletes and the future of the Games, is the specter of systemic doping.
  — Marisa Guthrie, WWD, 14 June 2024
• But a little more than a week into the new year, the specter of scandal reemerged.
  — Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 27 Feb. 2024
• And now, the specter of imminent full-fledged pop stardom.
  — Jim Greer, SPIN, 4 Aug. 2024
• With the specter of war crimes charges now hanging over the Israel-Hamas war, so too are questions.
  — Taylor Luck, The Christian Science Monitor, 22 May 2024
• And the specter of an Argentina team that somehow lost its first World Cup match loomed.
  — José M. Romero, The Arizona Republic, 25 Nov. 2022
• Cities frequently have used the specter of rising crime rates as reason to pass the rules.
  — Liam Dillonstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 18 Feb. 2023
• But the specter of the Taliban’s edicts targeting women and girls also looms at the Afghan Post.
  — Riazat Butt, The Christian Science Monitor, 5 July 2024
• In the space of just a few months, the specter of artificial intelligence has come to haunt the world.
  — Diane Coyle, Foreign Affairs, 22 Aug. 2023
• Therefore, the next time the NCAA raises the specter of the end of sports, courts and policymakers should not be cowed.
  — Dionne Koller, Baltimore Sun, 18 Apr. 2024
• Two elementary schools had merged and, at the time, the specter of other closures loomed.
  — Curtis Bunn, NBC News, 21 Mar. 2024
• And through it all, the specter of Lewis’ bloody face hangs over her, a grisly harbinger of doom amid the endless meet-and-greets and dress rehearsals.
  — Abby Monteil, Them, 23 Oct. 2024
• All of these storylines will play out over the next 3-4 weeks for the Guardians as the specter of Terry Francona’s retirement looms.
  — Joe Noga, cleveland, 7 Sep. 2023
• The combination of weak growth and rising prices is raising the specter of stagflation.
  — Nicholas Gordon, Fortune Asia, 16 May 2024
• As the specter of Lestat, Reid is more alluring and more unhinged than he’s ever been.
  — Alison Herman, Variety, 12 May 2024
• Jackson is haunted by the specter of the dead child she is named after and by the other four family members who died in the wreck.
  — Lisa Page, Washington Post, 13 June 2023
• Looming over that, is the specter of full-fledged war between Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon and Iran, which backs the militant group.
  — Susan Miller, USA TODAY, 1 Sep. 2024
• Many claim the specter of a young woman in a flowing white dress appears along Archer Avenue near the cemetery, asking for a ride.
  — Marianne Mather, Chicago Tribune, 17 Oct. 2024
• Whether with a gun, a mastermind or a monster, most thrillers thrill by invoking the specter of death: Who’s going to die and how?
  — Jesse Green, New York Times, 2 Mar. 2023
• None of it illuminates Carmy’s character the way the specter of his dead brother did.
  — Lili Loofbourow, Washington Post, 27 June 2024
• But against those practicalities is the specter of how the anti-DEI laws will be enforced.
  — Danielle McLean, USA TODAY, 25 Jan. 2024
• But even as the specter of war looms over the country, many are operating normally.
  — Sarah El Sirgany, CNN, 5 Aug. 2024
• For the moment, the indies and majors seem dedicated to buying and releasing movies — but the specter of the strikes still looms.
  — Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 Sep. 2023
• Yes, the specter of Montana still looms, even though Montana himself, sensitive to the burden of his legacy, tries not to loom.
  — Scott Ostler, San Francisco Chronicle, 28 Apr. 2021
• But a flood of cheap models has raised the specter of another trade war with its Western trading partners.
  — Laura He, CNN, 18 June 2024
• Israeli demands for the mass evacuation of parts of Gaza have raised the specter of ethnic cleansing.
  — Ishaan Tharoor, Washington Post, 23 Oct. 2023
• Corporations used the specter of bird flu outbreaks to raise egg prices to a record high of nearly $5 per dozen in January of last year.
  — Wenonah Hauter, The Mercury News, 13 July 2024
• Stock investors caught sight of something ominous in the third quarter: the specter of higher-for-longer interest rates.
  — Karen Langley, WSJ, 29 Sep. 2023
• For Ukraine, the strike helped open the floodgates of Western weapons and deflated the specter of an invincible Russian army.
  — Peter Weber, The Week, 30 Aug. 2023
• Just as important was the specter of Soviet Communism, which drove the old German elite to support Hitler in the first place.
  — Clay Risen, New York Times, 6 Jan. 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

Last Updated: 10 Dec 2024