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  • noun Plural form of haunt.
  • verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of haunt.

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Examples

  • The only thing he has to say on this blog and others which he haunts is Israel bad, Israel bad, Israel bad.

    Matthew Yglesias » Either / Or 2007

  • The only thing he has to say on this blog and others which he haunts is Israel bad, Israel bad, Israel bad.

    Matthew Yglesias » Either / Or 2007

  • One of my favorite haunts is cleaning windows at the Haunted Mansion.

    Boing Boing: January 19, 2003 - January 25, 2003 Archives 2003

  • "(That) phone call haunts her to this day," said Cooper.

    CTV News RSS Feed 2010

  • FCC DTV Consumer Education Quarterly Activity Report ... 3rd Quarter FCC DTV Consumer Education Quarterly Activity Report ... 4th Quarter LONDON (AP) - It's the phrase haunts Britain's weather forecasters - "barbecue summer."

    unknown title 2009

  • The NaNo forum is going to be one of my main haunts, but I can’t give up AW for any novel.

    2009 October « The Graveyard 2009

  • This phrase haunts me; in my boxing gym, my trainer has a big sign on the wall saying, ‘Less is more’.

    The Big Idea: Philip Palmer « Whatever 2008

  • This phrase haunts me; in my boxing gym, my trainer has a big sign on the wall saying, ‘Less is more’.

    2008 February 07 « Whatever 2008

  • A peculiarly subtle expression haunts the lower part, sensual and incredulous, like that of a man tasting good Bordeaux with half a fancy it has been somewhat too long uncorked.

    Virginibus Puerisque and other papers 2005

  • But one name haunts Mahound, leaps around him, young, sharp, pointing a long painted finger, singing verses whose cruel brilliance ensures their painfulness.

    The Satanic Verses Rushdie, Salman 1967

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