ghost hunter

collocation in English

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ghost
noun
uk
/ɡəʊst/us
/ɡoʊst/
the spirit of a dead person, sometimes represented as a pale, almost transparent image of that person that some people believe appears to people who ...
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hunter
noun[C]
uk
/ˈhʌn.tər/us
/ˈhʌn.t̬ɚ/
a person or an animal that hunts animals for food or ...
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(Definition ofghostandhunterfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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He became aghosthunterhoping to someday encounter her spirit.
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He was also aghosthunter, and wrote several books about this interest.
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He then became aghosthunter.
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He is also sometimes credited with having coined the termghosthunter, which was the title of his first book on the paranormal published in 1963.
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This was mainly to protect the academy from local teenagers, ghost hunters and urban explorers.
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Some ghost hunters refer to themselves as a paranormal investigator.
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The hotel is purported to be haunted, and has played host over the years to several conventions of ghost hunters.
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The ghost hunters stand victorious, having driven the spirits out of the house, although not exactly certain how.
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The ghost hunters tell you what to listen for, and then that is what you hear.
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The team of ghost hunters are thrilled and take it upon themselves to further investigate.
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Ghost hunters with ectoplasmic machines investigated the house in the 1970s.
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The ring has many ghostly legends surrounding it and has been a haunt for ghost hunters over the years.
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Due to the high level of activity in the hotel, it is a quite popular destination for amateur ghost hunters.
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The temperature sensors were referred to as being able to check for dramatic changes in temperature that ghost hunters link to real-life ghost sightings.
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Timmy's mom and dad were once ghost hunters called the poltergeeks.
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Ghost hunters prefer to use heat detecting devices rather than reports of feeling cold because the sensation of cold air could be caused by wind chill.
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According to the beliefs of ghost hunters; the cold air seems to be contained within an invisible bubble which they believe to be the ghost itself.
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