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Recent Examples of bogeyman
The incidents turned a once-obscure agency with bipartisan credibility into a conservative bogeyman.
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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
Fermin more than delivered with two assists against Barca's bogeyman and Flick's former club Bayern Munich in the Champions League, as the Blaugrana came out 4-1 winners.
—Tom Sanderson, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2024
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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
Fermin more than delivered with two assists against Barca's bogeyman and Flick's former club Bayern Munich in the Champions League, as the Blaugrana came out 4-1 winners.
—Tom Sanderson, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bogeyman
Noun
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Trump’s order includes a mechanism to escalate the rates charged by the U.S. against retaliation by the other countries, raising the specter of an even more severe economic disruption.—
Christopher Sherman,
Chicago Tribune,
2 Feb. 2025
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The underlying heartbreak of Oakland losing the A’s, the empty Coliseum next door and the specter of moves to Sacramento and Las Vegas was for the most part kept in the background.—
Jerry McDonald,
The Mercury News,
1 Feb. 2025
Noun
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But as Korean conservatives prepare for a long night of wrestling with their demons, liberals are facing troubles of their own.—
John Delury,
Foreign Affairs,
27 Jan. 2025
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What if Valeri Nichushkin’s personal demons hadn’t led to him leaving the team in the playoffs for two straight years?—
Corey Masisak,
The Denver Post,
25 Jan. 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
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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
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The Order shows us how someone with real smarts could turn these ghouls into a more effective and organized army.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
6 Dec. 2024
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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But some analysts are worried investors might be cheering a mere phantom.—
Yeo Boon Ping,
CNBC,
27 Jan. 2025
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On Friday, a team of researchers argued that the fish was a phantom all along.—
Jason Nark,
New York Times,
3 Jan. 2025
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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 9 Feb. 2025.
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