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Ghosts

American  
[gohsts] / goʊsts /

noun

  1. a play (1881) by Henrik Ibsen.


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“He sees it as part of a reality in Colombia,” said Dudley, author of “Walking Ghosts: Murder and Guerrilla Politics in Colombia.”

From The Wall Street Journal May 25, 2026

"Report from Iron Mountain" is a 1967 anti-war satire that claimed to be a leaked top-secret Pentagon-commissioned report — the subject of my new book, "Ghosts of Iron Mountain."

From Salon May 7, 2025

Manville's win marks her second Olivier, following her 2014 triumph for her performance in a revival of the Ibsen play Ghosts.

From BBC Apr. 6, 2025

Ghosts permitting, the grand reopening of the Monarch Bar and Gothic Lounge is now set for Oct.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 4, 2024

Ghosts without, horrors within, and nowhere to turn.

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor

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