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Recent Examples of ghoulish
Politics Trump officials’ defiance over Abrego Garcia’s deportation is ‘shocking,’ appeals court says
April 17, 2025
His underlings ape his ghoulish glee in making life miserable for undocumented immigrants.
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Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 19 Apr. 2025
Banning access to the ghoulish inner guts of the wreck, as well as recovering objects to study, to many, is bizarre.
—Sean Kingsley, HollywoodReporter, 11 Apr. 2025
The team’s last three regular-seasons have been ghoulish: 27-55, 21-61 and now 19-59.
—Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 7 Apr. 2025
The official White House Twitter account is doing something, well, ghoulish and inexplicable.
—Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 27 Mar. 2025
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Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 19 Apr. 2025
Banning access to the ghoulish inner guts of the wreck, as well as recovering objects to study, to many, is bizarre.
—Sean Kingsley, HollywoodReporter, 11 Apr. 2025
The team’s last three regular-seasons have been ghoulish: 27-55, 21-61 and now 19-59.
—Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 7 Apr. 2025
The official White House Twitter account is doing something, well, ghoulish and inexplicable.
—Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 27 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ghoulish
Adjective
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This cute figurine comes in three different styles: one sweet ceramic ghost holding a bat, another ghost holding a pink pumpkin, and the third, in a witch's hat, walking a ghostly dog on a leash.—
Sophia Beams,
Better Homes & Gardens,
31 July 2025
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Ghost Tour: Take a night tour through the eerie streets of Bisbee, known for its haunted past and the ghostly tales of its mining days.—
Richard Tribou,
The Orlando Sentinel,
4 July 2025
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Her music, especially live, seems intent on achieving this spectral effect.—
Elena Saavedra Buckley,
New Yorker,
1 Aug. 2025
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In reality, Tommy Johnson was unrelated to Robert, but the film’s character blends their mythologies into one spectral figure.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
17 July 2025
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By April, 1916, the men had experienced ghastly things, and also knew that worse awaited them.—
Ed Caesar,
New Yorker,
13 July 2025
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In 2018-19, the McDavid line’s five-on-five solo goal share (39 percent) and Draisaitl solo (36 percent) were very poor, owing to a ghastly collection of wingers.—
Allan Mitchell,
New York Times,
11 July 2025
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By the time of totality at 3:20 p.m., dense clouds obscured the view, with an eerie darkness and a golden horizon.—
Jamie Carter,
Forbes.com,
23 July 2025
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That kind of eerie alignment is how the song came into the world in the first place.—
Sarah Grant,
Rolling Stone,
23 July 2025
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Not ready to sidle up to a spooky documentary just yet?—
Rebecca Aizin,
People.com,
1 Aug. 2025
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The demon's hand can be seen retracting from her shoulder in a spooky scene, while Judy, dressed in a wedding dress, is attacked by her own sinister-looking reflection in a hall of mirrors.—
EW.com,
EW.com,
31 July 2025
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The new songs that have replaced it and a few other dropped catalog tracks feel less recitative, more tied to making sure every note of the melodies is as haunting as the words.—
Chris Willman,
Variety,
31 July 2025
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Earl’s music is also haunting, with echoes of traditional Korean music.—
Joan MacDonald,
Forbes.com,
27 July 2025
Adjective
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As soon as Home Depot drops its annual Halloween collection full of creepy crawly animatronic characters, the official Halloween countdown is on.—
Stephanie Osmanski,
Better Homes & Gardens,
4 Aug. 2025
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Paul Teal plays Pastor Pete, a creepy youth pastor with an obsession with Abby and very dark history.—
Emily Tannenbaum,
Glamour,
26 July 2025
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Sony and Microsoft and the PC world can keep playing the cutting-edge hardware competition while Nintendo luxuriates in its bizarre boutique silo, unbothered, moisturized, in its lane, consistently content with winning its own solo race.—
Mitch Wallace,
Forbes.com,
28 July 2025
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President Donald Trump shared a bizarre meme Saturday morning depicting himself and Vice President JD Vance chasing former President Barack Obama in an altered photo from O.J. Simpson’s infamous white Bronco police chase.—
Muri Assunção,
New York Daily News,
26 July 2025
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