raise spectre
Frequency: 6.97.5 per million words
To bring up the idea of a potential threat, making people aware of it.
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- Wall Street's collapse raised spectres of the 1987 stock-market crash.
- His comments only served to raise the spectre of further economic instability.
- The recent surge in infections raises the spectre of another lockdown.
- Critics argue that the new policy could raise the spectre of censorship.
- The documentary aimed to raise the spectre of environmental catastrophe.
- By ignoring the warnings, they are effectively raising the spectre of a major crisis.
- The possibility of a trade war has begun to raise its ugly spectre once again.
- Some analysts raise the spectre of hyperinflation in the coming years.
- Fear-mongering tactics often raise the spectre of non-existent threats.
- The company's declining sales began to raise the spectre of bankruptcy.