as in frequented
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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Back at home, his wife Ellen (Lily-Rose Depp) has a sick inkling about the rendezvous—partially because she’s been haunted by a demonic entity all her life.
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Maya Ibbitson, Architectural Digest, 23 Dec. 2024
For most of my life, I have been haunted by these kinds of memories.
—Ariana Green, Vogue, 23 Dec. 2024
Location shoots were haunted by bugs and the literal dead.
—Jordan Runtagh, People.com, 23 Dec. 2024
But Kathie, who was haunted by guilt for getting her sister and friend in a dangerous situation, hounded investigators for answers.
—Johnny Dodd, People.com, 21 Dec. 2024
For generations, Dickens’ most iconic characters and images have indeed revisited readers each holiday season, just as the curmudgeonly Ebenezer Scrooge is haunted by the ghosts of Christmas Past, Present and Yet to Come in the book.
—Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 19 Dec. 2024
Here are seven stories of characters that have haunted Europeans for longer than America has been a country.
—Jennifer Borresen, USA TODAY, 13 Dec. 2024
Instead, Feldman sticks to the broader symbolism of searching for a home, on the buyers’ side, and how a house becomes haunted with decades of memories, on the sellers’.
—Alison Herman, Variety, 12 Dec. 2024
The People's Princess is figuratively haunted by ghosts of Christmas past and present in the form of the claustrophobic confines of her royal life, and literally in the form of the ghost of Anne Boleyn.
—Andrew Walsh, EW.com, 12 Dec. 2024
Maya Ibbitson, Architectural Digest, 23 Dec. 2024
For most of my life, I have been haunted by these kinds of memories.
—Ariana Green, Vogue, 23 Dec. 2024
Location shoots were haunted by bugs and the literal dead.
—Jordan Runtagh, People.com, 23 Dec. 2024
But Kathie, who was haunted by guilt for getting her sister and friend in a dangerous situation, hounded investigators for answers.
—Johnny Dodd, People.com, 21 Dec. 2024
For generations, Dickens’ most iconic characters and images have indeed revisited readers each holiday season, just as the curmudgeonly Ebenezer Scrooge is haunted by the ghosts of Christmas Past, Present and Yet to Come in the book.
—Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 19 Dec. 2024
Here are seven stories of characters that have haunted Europeans for longer than America has been a country.
—Jennifer Borresen, USA TODAY, 13 Dec. 2024
Instead, Feldman sticks to the broader symbolism of searching for a home, on the buyers’ side, and how a house becomes haunted with decades of memories, on the sellers’.
—Alison Herman, Variety, 12 Dec. 2024
The People's Princess is figuratively haunted by ghosts of Christmas past and present in the form of the claustrophobic confines of her royal life, and literally in the form of the ghost of Anne Boleyn.
—Andrew Walsh, EW.com, 12 Dec. 2024
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“Haunted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/haunted. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.
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