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- noun Plural form of
ghost . - verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
ghost .
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Examples
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Given Palin's inability to master basic English, I'd suggest that belief in ghosts is entirely warranted, at least insofar as the authorship of her book is concerned.
Archive 2009-11-01 2009
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However, having about half of you Americans believing in ghosts is a little troubling.
Pew and the Democratic War on Science. - Moe_Lane’s blog - RedState 2009
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I gotta say though, I find it interesting the number of believers in ghosts is rising while the number of theists is allegedly falling.
Archive 2009-04-01 2009
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I gotta say though, I find it interesting the number of believers in ghosts is rising while the number of theists is allegedly falling.
Who They Gonna Call? 2009
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However, having about half of you Americans believing in ghosts is a little troubling.
Pew and the Democratic War on Science. - Moe_Lane’s blog - RedState 2009
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The indulgence in ghosts is iffier: The phantoms are striking at first, but by the climactic battle scene, there are so many creeping, rolling spooks onstage that the play starts to look like a zombie-themed modern dance production.
Washington Shakespeare Company's haunted 'Richard III' isn't haunting enough Celia Wren 2010
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I was listening to NPR this morning — one of the few perks of Bell's satellite TV service — and heard the perplexing statistic that 40% of British citizens believe in ghosts, which is up from 30% fifty years ago.
Archive 2009-04-01 2009
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I was listening to NPR this morning — one of the few perks of Bell's satellite TV service — and heard the perplexing statistic that 40% of British citizens believe in ghosts, which is up from 30% fifty years ago.
Who They Gonna Call? 2009
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When we met up with Nic in Los Angeles, he was working on another book, but still haunted by what he calls the ghosts of his past.
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When we met up with Nic in Los Angeles, he was working on another book, but still haunted by what he calls the ghosts of his past.
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In the lingo of online dating, submarining begins when someone with whom you have romantic involvement ghosts — or disappears from your life without notice — only to resurface with no apology.
Bulky Cameras, Meet The Lens-less FlatCam Laura Roman 2018
bilby commented on the word ghosts
We kind of have ghost comments.
Recently I saw this on the front page:
on cis, fieldway said:
“CURRICULUM INFORMATION SERVICE
LOOKING FOR MORE SCHOOL CURRICULUM RESOURCES?
When you need curriculum resources to support your teaching...�? more...
Neither the comment nor user still exists, presumably nuked (thanks J!). Yet, if you go to 'More Searches' and type, for example, curriculum information in the Search All Comments box, a result still comes up:
"24 minutes ago fieldway said:
CURRICULUM INFORMATION SERVICE
LOOKING FOR MORE SCHOOL CURRICULUM RESOURCES?
When you need curriculum resources to support..." more...
I wonder how long ghost comments - at least the part until truncation - remain?
December 9, 2008
john commented on the word ghosts
7 minutes, at most.
December 9, 2008
sionnach commented on the word ghosts
Weirdnet can be so droll:
"the immaterial part of a person; the actuating cause of an individual life"
though I suppose that's a step above "move like a ghost".
December 9, 2008
bilby commented on the word ghosts
Edit - John, it's at least 13 hours and counting.
When you click on the more link, nothing happens. Predictably :-)
December 9, 2008
bilby commented on the word ghosts
Over 1 day.
December 10, 2008
bilby commented on the word ghosts
Still there :-)
December 15, 2008