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also bogyman
as in spectre
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Recent Examples of bogeyman
Navajo police lieutenant Joe Leaphorn, played by Zahn McClarnon, is haunted by a bogeyman from his childhood in the third season teaser trailer for AMC‘s Dark Winds, which dropped on Friday.
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Etan Vlessing, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Jan. 2025
The incidents turned a once-obscure agency with bipartisan credibility into a conservative bogeyman.
—Eric Geller, WIRED, 16 Dec. 2024
So 2 In the 2010s, Chicago drill-rap pioneer Chief Keef made headlines as a budding hitmaker whose criminal record presented hip-hop elders with a bogeyman to shoulder classic worries about song lyrics inspiring real-world violence.
—Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 3 Dec. 2024
That is exactly what happened with Japan, the last great U.S. trade bogeyman.
—Geoffrey Garrett, Foreign Affairs, 12 Nov. 2018
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Etan Vlessing, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Jan. 2025
The incidents turned a once-obscure agency with bipartisan credibility into a conservative bogeyman.
—Eric Geller, WIRED, 16 Dec. 2024
So 2 In the 2010s, Chicago drill-rap pioneer Chief Keef made headlines as a budding hitmaker whose criminal record presented hip-hop elders with a bogeyman to shoulder classic worries about song lyrics inspiring real-world violence.
—Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 3 Dec. 2024
That is exactly what happened with Japan, the last great U.S. trade bogeyman.
—Geoffrey Garrett, Foreign Affairs, 12 Nov. 2018
See all Example Sentences for bogeyman
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bogeyman
Noun
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Nevertheless, gun-rights proponents have a responsibility to raise the specter, regardless of its likelihood.—
Pioneer Press,
Twin Cities,
8 Feb. 2025
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The blackout shook health researchers and providers and raised the specter of the Trump administration limiting what public health information Americans can see.—
Maya Goldman,
Axios,
3 Feb. 2025
Noun
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According to Hindu scriptures, gods and demons once churned the cosmic ocean in search of the nectar of immortality.—
Kyra Colah,
Fox News,
8 Feb. 2025
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Lamar is also well aware of his demons and has made peace with his vices.—
Taylor Crumpton,
TIME,
7 Feb. 2025
Noun
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This meaning is visualized in Henry Fuseli’s 1781 painting The Nightmare, which shows a woman sleeping peacefully on a couch while a nauseating monster—an incubus—sits portentously on her abdomen, unbeknownst to her.—
Time,
Time,
28 Dec. 2022
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As Tommy’s experiences in the tunnels of France mark a continued incubus for his character, with visions of being pulled into the mud, the sounding of the bell coincides with his own inner peace.—
Josh St. Clair,
Men's Health,
13 June 2022
Noun
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Eliot beforehand – and the nightmarish inner gorge is a spiffy mix of nature run amok plus terrifying ghouls that would give Swamp Thing the willies.—
Brian Truitt,
USA TODAY,
15 Feb. 2025
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Both movies feature a killer clown, but while Joaquin Phoenix’s grinning menace suffers from delusions of grandeur and an unspecified mental illness, the hideous ghoul from hell in Terrifier known as Art hacks away at his victims with no discernible motivation beyond the grisly acts themselves.—
Eric Kohn,
The Hollywood Reporter,
6 Jan. 2025
Noun
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The computer daemon operates in a similar manner, continuously working behind the scenes to keep processes going and to address service requests.—
The Editors,
JSTOR Daily,
23 Oct. 2024
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Yet in their original form gremlins are alive and well, living under new names—daemons, worms, virtual pets.—
The Editors,
JSTOR Daily,
23 Oct. 2024
Noun
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The results showed clear differences in signal quality: The phantom simulating dry skin had a lower signal-to-noise ratio, while the hydrated skin phantom showed better signal clarity.—
Krittika Goyal,
The Conversation,
29 Jan. 2025
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But some analysts are worried investors might be cheering a mere phantom.—
Yeo Boon Ping,
CNBC,
27 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Zoom in: The Boston team's name gives a nod to the banshees described in Celtic folklore.—
Steph Solis,
Axios,
29 Jan. 2025
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Our ears are still ringing from watching fans become shrieking banshees upon realizing that one of her professional dancers was actually the NFL star.—
Lauren Huff,
EW.com,
7 Dec. 2024
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But read two more and the skeptical imp within you awakens.—
Daniel Immerwahr,
The New Yorker,
20 Jan. 2025
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William got a kick out of the little imp, and Gary was in awe of William.—
Ira Silverberg,
Vulture,
29 Oct. 2024
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“Bogeyman.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bogeyman. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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