haunt
verb (used with object)
to visit habitually or appear to frequently as a spirit or ghost.
Used to describe an action that will be fully completed or achieved by a specific point in the future.
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Memories of Turin will have haunted the American for four years after she blew a certain gold medal in the snowboard cross.
From BBC ● Feb. 11, 2010