variants
also bogies
1
as in dreads
something or someone that causes fear or dread especially without reason
math and math tests have long been bogeys for many students
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2
as in ghosts
the soul of a dead person thought of especially as appearing to living people
the child believed bogeys lived in the closet
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Noun
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Of course, neither dragons nor demons can be trusted, and the pact traps them in a decades-long, globe-spanning ritual of sacrifice and death.—
Vulture Editors,
Vulture,
7 Jan. 2025 -
Jackson apparently was struggling with some inner demons in this period.—
Jordan Runtagh,
People.com,
4 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Seeing and decrying enemies at every turn inevitably hardens those opponents against you.—
The Editorial Board,
Chicago Tribune,
24 Dec. 2024
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This is precisely what Patel has threatened to do by calling for retribution against political enemies.—
Josh Hammer,
Newsweek,
24 Dec. 2024
Noun
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All my heart goes out to my beautiful, brave nephew and the angels (my neighbors) who jumped to my aid and endured the chaos for 45 long minutes on the icy asphalt New Years morning.—
Raechal Shewfelt,
EW.com,
3 Jan. 2025
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There's Mary and Joseph and an innkeeper, but there's also a whole chorus of angels, a barn of animals, and four babies playing baby Jesus on a rotation.—
Sophie Carson,
Journal Sentinel,
24 Dec. 2024
Noun
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The most recent entry, Evil Dead Rise, stars Lily Sullivan and Alyssa Sutherland as two sisters trapped in a high-rise apartment as their family is possessed by supernatural terrors.—
Joseph Epstein,
Newsweek,
10 Dec. 2024
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Watch Egerton discuss his airline travel terrors in the clip above.—
EW.com,
EW.com,
10 Dec. 2024
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