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The phrase was used to help describe the game's tense atmosphere, born from its fixed camera angles, forever encroaching zombies and a limited supply of ammunition to shoot them with.

From BBC • Feb. 27, 2026

At first, the not-so-original idea that phones have turned children into zombies is a Romero-style parody of brain rot.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 12, 2026

“Now, all of us, we look like zombies looking around and thinking what will happen tomorrow. Nobody feels secure in today’s world.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 23, 2026

Yet despite the local ecclesiastical authorities approving the scene, the installation in central Brussels has come under fire online since opening on Friday, with right-wing Belgian politician Georges-Louis Bouchez even comparing the figures to "zombies".

From Barron's • Dec. 2, 2025

“He gave me a nightmare!! Remember, Mommy? That nightmare about the zombies from last year?”

From "Wonder" by R. J. Palacio