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threat of bankruptcy; spectre/specter [Am.] of bankruptcy Pleitegeier {m} [übtr.]

The vultures are hovering above sb./sth. Über jdm./etw. schwebt der Pleitegeier.

The threat of bankruptcy was hovering over the firm. Über der Firma schwebt/kreist der Pleitegeier

spectre [Br.]; specter [Am.]; hobgoblin [listen] Schreckgespenst {n} [übtr.]

the spectre of unemployment das Schreckgespenst Arbeitslosigkeit

ghost; spook [coll.] [listen] Gespenst {n}; Geist {m} [listen]

ghosts; spooks Gespenster {pl}; Geister {pl}

domestic ghost Hausgespenst {n}

noisy ghost; noisy spook; poltergeist Poltergeist {m}

spectre [Br.]; specter [Am.] (ghost of a dead person) [listen] Geist {m} eines Toten

to believe in ghosts an Geister glauben

to exorcize a ghost einen Geist austreiben

Opinions differ here. Da / hier scheiden sich die Geister.
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