as in spirits
the soul of a dead person thought of especially as appearing to living people the people who once lived here believed that their world was populated by wraiths and witches
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Recent Examples of wraiths The earliest depictions of slavery were already crawling with the terrible proceedings the Gothic tends to depict, from bloody whippings to family curses to the wrathful wraiths of the slain enslaved. —
Literary Hub, 20 Feb. 2026
Literary Hub, 20 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for wraiths
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Customized services from the building’s concierge available to all include events such as wine and spirits tastings that will bring neighbors together.— Mike DeSimone, Robb Report, 19 Apr. 2026
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The inclement weather was a factor early with slick footballs impacting the passing game, but the group’s spirits remained high.— Jack Murray, Boston Herald, 19 Apr. 2026
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Always fact check those ghosts.— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 10 Apr. 2026
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His boldest innovation is to invoke not past glories but past disasters, summoning the ghosts of the United States’ catastrophic interventions in Iraq.— Fintan O’Toole, The New York Review of Books, 9 Apr. 2026
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Those themes are alive here, as the ghosts who visit Depp’s Scrooge are intricate, terrifying apparitions not suitable for the whole family.— Brent Lang, Variety, 16 Apr. 2026
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But he’s journeyed to Lourdes and Our Lady of Guadalupe, both of which the Vatican has officially recognized as supernatural Marian apparitions.— Denise Crosby, Chicago Tribune, 5 Apr. 2026
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On this play for the third out in the second inning, Tatis was battling the shadows and took a step back before running up and making a sliding catch.— Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Apr. 2026
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The short answer is that a wide gulf exists between rumor and fact and Swalwell lurked in that gray space, living and thriving in the shadows between provability and denial.— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 17 Apr. 2026
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Such a designation, evidently, would save agents from wasting time chasing phantoms.— Adam Ciralsky, Vanity Fair, 19 Mar. 2026
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Just in time for Halloween, the sonic phantoms that have long plagued the ladies of The View have seemingly possessed inanimate objects over on the Live With Kelly and Mark set.— Joey Nolfi, Entertainment Weekly, 28 Oct. 2025
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“Wraiths.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.grautoblog.com/thesaurus/wraiths. Accessed 25 Apr. 2026.
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