as in pipe dream
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Recent Examples of ignis fatuus
Several sources say ignis fatuus, a spark of swamp gas, is the likely cause of the strange light.
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Fox News, 3 Mar. 2023
The story also helped explain ignis fatuus, a natural phenomenon that occurs in marshlands and bogs—such as those in Ireland’s countryside—producing flickering lights as gases from decomposing organic matter combust.
—National Geographic, 27 Oct. 2020
Fox News, 3 Mar. 2023
The story also helped explain ignis fatuus, a natural phenomenon that occurs in marshlands and bogs—such as those in Ireland’s countryside—producing flickering lights as gases from decomposing organic matter combust.
—National Geographic, 27 Oct. 2020
Recent Examples of Synonyms for ignis fatuus
Noun
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Most Jews at the time believed that founding a Jewish state in the land of Israel was a pipe dream, or worse.—
Adam L. Rovner,
The Conversation,
29 Apr. 2025
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Marketing was once limited by human bandwidth, where true scale felt more pipe dream than achievable reality.—
Loreal Lynch,
Forbes.com,
23 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Conclusion What has long been the mirage of legal transformation is about to become the reality.—
Mark A. Cohen,
Forbes,
23 Feb. 2025
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Unless his past is a mirage, the same won’t be said about Juan Soto.—
Bob Raissman,
New York Daily News,
15 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Irrespective of industry, successfully scaling can become a chimera—especially if the temptation (or pressure) to rush creeps in.—
Joy Stevens,
Forbes.com,
8 May 2025
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Yet even as these debates have flowered, the very concept of grand strategy has become a chimera.—
Daniel W. Drezner,
Foreign Affairs,
13 Apr. 2020
Noun
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Spread it around Twitter where the console wars are still kept alive via delusion, sadness and regressive human thinking.—
Mitch Wallace,
Forbes.com,
14 May 2025
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However, in addition, the Moon also opposes fuzzy Neptune in your sign, which can create confusion, delusion and deceit.—
Georgia Nicols,
Denver Post,
8 May 2025
Noun
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But as with its aww-shucks hero, there’s more to it than meets the eye; something much stranger lurks behind the slight Twilight Zone unreality of its very movie-ish Midwest.—
A.A. Dowd,
Vulture,
28 Apr. 2025
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All those books teaching parents how to take care of their children—the first year, the first eighteen months, the first five or ten years—none of them addresses this difficulty: for parents and for children, the border between reality and unreality is not always clearly marked.—
Yiyun Li,
The New Yorker,
23 Mar. 2025
Noun
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These daydreams of quality might just be delusions.—
Dieter Kurtenbach,
Mercury News,
25 Mar. 2025
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Starting with a dreamy conjunction between Venus and Neptune in Pisces on Feb. 1, don’t be surprised if your love life feels extra enchanting — indulge in your daydreams and let your imagination guide you.—
Valerie Mesa,
People.com,
7 Feb. 2025
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The show uses dual-reality technology, a technique derived from the world of mentalism, to support the illusion of real-time interaction with a pre-recorded program.—
Matt Grobar,
Deadline,
14 May 2025
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Agencies encourage the illusion of such bonds while controlling nearly every aspect of the idols’ real lives.—
Patrick Brzeski,
HollywoodReporter,
14 May 2025
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“Ignis fatuus.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ignis%20fatuus. Accessed 25 May. 2025.
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