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
Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 6 Dec. 2024
The Missing Half, which comes out on May 6, 2025, follows two women haunted by their respective sisters' unsolved disappearances.
—Lizz Schumer, People.com, 3 Dec. 2024
Meredith G. White, The Arizona Republic, 24 Sep. 2024
In his first week on the job, 50-year-old star CEO Brian Niccol pledged to restore Starbucks to its former glory when the ubiquitous coffee haunt served as a second living room for many of its patrons.
—Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 11 Sep. 2024
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The haunting inscription is a stark reminder of how deeply these practices have eroded trust in an industry that was designed to provide security.
—Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 6 Dec. 2024
The Missing Half, which comes out on May 6, 2025, follows two women haunted by their respective sisters' unsolved disappearances.
—Lizz Schumer, People.com, 3 Dec. 2024
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This year there are nine all-new haunts and scare zones, eight new shows and a séance add-on ($10 extra).
—Meredith G. White, The Arizona Republic, 24 Sep. 2024
In his first week on the job, 50-year-old star CEO Brian Niccol pledged to restore Starbucks to its former glory when the ubiquitous coffee haunt served as a second living room for many of its patrons.
—Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 11 Sep. 2024
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After opening in Saudi Arabia, the tour will visit the United Arab Emirates before moving on to stadiums in Europe, with shows in Georgia, Turkey, Portugal, Spain, Italy, the Czech Republic, Germany, the U.K., Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Lithuania, Poland, Hungary and Serbia.Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 9 Dec. 2024
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Cedric Thompson, 31, spent 10 days managing the household and caring for his three girls (7, 5 and 2) while his wife was visiting family in the Philippines.Paul Du Quenoy, Newsweek, 9 Dec. 2024
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The artsy hangout is equipped with vintage TVs and DJ space.Anna Spiegel, Axios, 11 Dec. 2024
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Their only regular income came from Hovsepian’s job as a bartender at the Good World Bar and Grill, an artists’ hangout on Orchard Street.Calvin Tomkins, The New Yorker, 9 Dec. 2024
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The ultimate effect is paradoxical: the more that Valéry eliminates the ghost of pain and passion from the logical machinery of his work, the starker and more affecting the moans and cries of the ghost become.Benjamin Kunkel, The New Yorker, 9 Dec. 2024
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Easier said than done since many of the ghosts that haunt Light Shop are jump-out-of-your-seat scary.Joan MacDonald, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024
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Marchetti captured the photograph on April 23, 2022, in a park frequented by a few red squirrels.Margherita Bassi, Smithsonian Magazine, 17 Dec. 2024
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Casa Vega For years, Marlon Brando frequented this iconic Sherman Oaks restaurant weekly.Kaila Yu, Forbes, 15 Dec. 2024
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The resort's restaurant, Harrimans Virginia Piedmont Grill, offers a seasonally-changing menu that includes local produce and meat.Eve Ettinger, Southern Living, 15 Dec. 2024
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There are no rows of resorts, high-end stores or major chains here, just one grocery store and a general store.Kathleen Wong, USA TODAY, 15 Dec. 2024
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To have a follower recount a feat of superhuman strength, or even an apparition, is hard for a layperson to fathom but has the advantage of having happened in the past and out of the view of nonbelievers.Michelle Weber, Longreads, 8 Nov. 2024
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But there can be more to a scary movie than just screaming apparitions or a gradually diminishing number of coeds with a bad sense of self-preservation.Keith Staskiewicz, EW.com, 31 Oct. 2024
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These entities will also explore employment opportunities for those affected by the closure of Tropicana Field.Chris Kirschner, The Athletic, 9 Dec. 2024
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Furthermore, there is a growing body of evidence that suggests social media use can significantly affect the development of the growing brain in a teenager.Omer Awan, Forbes, 8 Dec. 2024
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Evacuations By nightfall, around 100 residents had taken refuge in emergency shelters in Canlaon following the mid-afternoon eruption, according to Cardenas.Paul Du Quenoy, Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2024
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While the first half of the film proves engaging enough, the remainder grows tiresome as the Rohirrim take refuge, and Wulf — who’s handsome as drawn, but irredeemably ruthless — tries to force his way in.Peter Debruge, Variety, 9 Dec. 2024
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“Haunt.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/haunt. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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