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also zombi
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Recent Examples of zombie
What about zombie formalism and the recent figuration craze?
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Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 5 Mar. 2025
An alien spaceship has spiked an immensely popular bubblegum with an interdimensional ectoplasm that turns everyone who chews it into zombies, and the only ones who can save humanity are bickering foster brothers Daffy Duck and Porky Pig (both voiced by Eric Bauza).
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 13 Mar. 2025
That video ends at nighttime, with the superstar dancing in the street with zombies as a white car pulls up.
—Rania Aniftos, Billboard, 13 Mar. 2025
But the bigger problem is an alien who’s tinkering with a gum flavor and turning residents into zombies.
—Randy Myers, The Mercury News, 13 Mar. 2025
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Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 5 Mar. 2025
An alien spaceship has spiked an immensely popular bubblegum with an interdimensional ectoplasm that turns everyone who chews it into zombies, and the only ones who can save humanity are bickering foster brothers Daffy Duck and Porky Pig (both voiced by Eric Bauza).
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 13 Mar. 2025
That video ends at nighttime, with the superstar dancing in the street with zombies as a white car pulls up.
—Rania Aniftos, Billboard, 13 Mar. 2025
But the bigger problem is an alien who’s tinkering with a gum flavor and turning residents into zombies.
—Randy Myers, The Mercury News, 13 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for zombie
Noun
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However, the character didn't last long, and the wrestler later became a vampire in WWE's ECW, which also didn't work out.—
Ron Estes,
MSNBC Newsweek,
28 Mar. 2025
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An historical horror novel about a vampire who haunts the Blackfeet reservation looking for justice.—
The California Independent Booksellers Alliance,
Los Angeles Times,
26 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Lopez’s Spider Woman gets a bad pixie wig and even more garish goth costuming appropriate for a bewitching, bitchy succubus.—
Ryan Lattanzio,
IndieWire,
26 Jan. 2025
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That includes, but is not limited to...actual humans, DMs, AI bots or succubus demons.—
Gordon G. Chang,
Newsweek,
11 Dec. 2024
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
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Considered one of the scariest haunted houses in Cincinnati, the littles can visit with the lights on and friendly ghouls hand out candy.—
Luann Gibbs,
The Enquirer,
13 Oct. 2024
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The time of ghosts, ghouls and goblins has arrived and Nashville has no shortage of sinister and hair-raising attractions.—
Diana Leyva,
The Tennessean,
2 Oct. 2024
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“Zombie.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/zombie. Accessed 1 Apr. 2025.
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