as in frequented
to go to or spend time in often
much of her time is spent haunting antique shops in search of unique knobs for the curio cabinets she builds
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Recent Examples of haunted
Fitzgerald died young at age 44 in 1940, a victim of his alcoholism and life’s other demons that haunted him in his lifetime, such as his wife Zelda being institutionalized from 1930 until her death at age 47 in 1948.
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Philip Potempa, Chicago Tribune, 24 Apr. 2026
Long before the Kraken haunted sailors’ tales, something just as monstrous actually cruised the ancient seas — and scientists just found the proof.
—Ryan Brennan, Miami Herald, 24 Apr. 2026
To this day, Benderman said he's haunted by the Iraq war.
—Juliana Kim, NPR, 24 Apr. 2026
The church offers a conversion therapy-like deliverance ceremony that’s led to Ryan (Clausen) being fully haunted by this shape-shifting menace, and so, of course, Naim is next.
—Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 22 Apr. 2026
The Magic haven’t advanced past the first round since 2010, a drought that has haunted the franchise for more than a decade.
—Mike Bianchi, The Orlando Sentinel, 20 Apr. 2026
Still haunted by her past nearly two decades later, Green finally decided to tell her own story.
—Stuart Miller, Oc Register, 15 Apr. 2026
One is haunted and the other has something else going on.
—Sarah Hutter, CNN Money, 15 Apr. 2026
Duncan is haunted by the suicide of his college roommate turned business partner five years earlier, which goes a long way toward explaining his perpetual anxiety and aggrievement despite being rich enough to retire.
—Alison Herman, Variety, 12 Apr. 2026
Philip Potempa, Chicago Tribune, 24 Apr. 2026
Long before the Kraken haunted sailors’ tales, something just as monstrous actually cruised the ancient seas — and scientists just found the proof.
—Ryan Brennan, Miami Herald, 24 Apr. 2026
To this day, Benderman said he's haunted by the Iraq war.
—Juliana Kim, NPR, 24 Apr. 2026
The church offers a conversion therapy-like deliverance ceremony that’s led to Ryan (Clausen) being fully haunted by this shape-shifting menace, and so, of course, Naim is next.
—Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 22 Apr. 2026
The Magic haven’t advanced past the first round since 2010, a drought that has haunted the franchise for more than a decade.
—Mike Bianchi, The Orlando Sentinel, 20 Apr. 2026
Still haunted by her past nearly two decades later, Green finally decided to tell her own story.
—Stuart Miller, Oc Register, 15 Apr. 2026
One is haunted and the other has something else going on.
—Sarah Hutter, CNN Money, 15 Apr. 2026
Duncan is haunted by the suicide of his college roommate turned business partner five years earlier, which goes a long way toward explaining his perpetual anxiety and aggrievement despite being rich enough to retire.
—Alison Herman, Variety, 12 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for haunted
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The backstory Originally built during New York City’s Roaring ‘20s in 1926, the Surrey is a historic Art Deco gem that was once a residential hotel frequented by celebrities like JFK, Bette Davis, and Claudette Colbert.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
24 Apr. 2026
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The obligatory sanatoria are visited, the obligatory spa towns are frequented, the obligatory Freudian analyst is consulted.—
Becca Rothfeld,
New Yorker,
23 Apr. 2026
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In 1933, a writer for this magazine visited Saliger and reviewed letters from satisfied customers.—
Shayla Love,
New Yorker,
1 May 2026
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Finley Stevens, a third-year student at the University of Rhode Island who visited Montréal over his spring break, noted that many of the bars his group visited were packed with college students, many from the University of Rhode Island as well.—
Megan Wallitsch,
Travel + Leisure,
30 Apr. 2026
Verb
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Meanwhile, the Pineland Road wildfire, burning since April 18, was 23% contained at 32,541 acres affected.—
Mary Walrath-Holdridge,
USA Today,
28 Apr. 2026
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Around 900 flights each day are affected by GPS interference, according to Benoit Figuet, a research associate at the Zurich University of Applied Sciences and founder of SkAI Data Services, which since 2024 has tracked such incidents on its site GPSWise.—
Katie Hunt,
CNN Money,
28 Apr. 2026
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“Haunted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/haunted. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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