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Recent Examples of hag
They're also known as hag moth caterpillars.
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Samantha Johnson,
Martha Stewart,
20 June 2026
There’s an undercurrent of anxiety under all of it, outside of the sea hag.
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Emily Zemler,
Rolling Stone,
18 June 2026
The island village is beset by sea hags, serial killers, creepy clowns and other evils that interfere with Tom’s dream of turning Widow’s Bay into a Martha’s Vineyard-like tourist destination.
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Alison Herman,
Variety,
17 June 2026
Martha’s Vineyard also has knife-wielding men in masks and creepy sea hags!
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Erik Kain,
Forbes.com,
11 June 2026
And nor are any of the spooky figures, which range from 1950s housewives to toothless hags.
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The Week,
TheWeek,
7 May 2026
Ah, the famous and epic love between an up-and-coming designer and his hag.
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Emma Specter,
Vogue,
19 Feb. 2026
The regulars fired at them with a booming 12-pounder that made the American boys lift their knees like old hags, trip and founder as tentacles of water dragged them under.
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Literary Hub,
9 Jan. 2026
Is there a more ostentatious fat hag in America than Meghan McCain?
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Charlotte Phillipp,
PEOPLE,
9 Dec. 2025
Samantha Johnson,
Martha Stewart,
20 June 2026
There’s an undercurrent of anxiety under all of it, outside of the sea hag.
—
Emily Zemler,
Rolling Stone,
18 June 2026
The island village is beset by sea hags, serial killers, creepy clowns and other evils that interfere with Tom’s dream of turning Widow’s Bay into a Martha’s Vineyard-like tourist destination.
—
Alison Herman,
Variety,
17 June 2026
Martha’s Vineyard also has knife-wielding men in masks and creepy sea hags!
—
Erik Kain,
Forbes.com,
11 June 2026
And nor are any of the spooky figures, which range from 1950s housewives to toothless hags.
—
The Week,
TheWeek,
7 May 2026
Ah, the famous and epic love between an up-and-coming designer and his hag.
—
Emma Specter,
Vogue,
19 Feb. 2026
The regulars fired at them with a booming 12-pounder that made the American boys lift their knees like old hags, trip and founder as tentacles of water dragged them under.
—
Literary Hub,
9 Jan. 2026
Is there a more ostentatious fat hag in America than Meghan McCain?
—
Charlotte Phillipp,
PEOPLE,
9 Dec. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hag
Noun
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The story follows Kiki, a young witch who moves to the port city of Koriko with her cat Jiji and starts a flying courier service.
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Sarah Paulson will return as Cordelia Goode, the Supreme of the New Orleans witches, who was last seen paving the way for the ascent of Billie Lourd's Mallory to replace her.
Noun
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Every person who is an adult but not yet elderly needs a crone in their lives.
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In the next, he is pursued by a demon crone known in local legend as the Sea Hag.
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“Hag.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hag. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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