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also fantasms
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as in illusions
a conception or image created by the imagination and having no objective reality
frightened by the phantasms of his own making
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2
as in apparitions
the soul of a dead person thought of especially as appearing to living people
believed that she'd seen the phantasm of her father on the anniversary of his death
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Perhaps because of this aesthetic of illusions, the earnest state pride evident in some of the pavilions turns out to feel especially delightful.
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Common illusions at sea include ships appearing as spinning in circles or sailing on land, posing dangers to commercial maritime vessels trying to navigate.
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Today, the massive complex attracts paranormal investigators who report apparitions, voices, and other unexplained phenomena.
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Why then, when discussing body image after weight changes, is our culture reaching for the language of vexing apparitions and death?
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McKay and her visions are the inspiration behind Sarris’ latest work.
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Ideas need crisp notes as the temperamental Moon in your 9th House opposes imaginative Neptune in your 3rd House, bringing visions and messages together.
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Thank you for a plethora of news on June 17 that didn’t crush our spirits.
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As one of the world’s largest spirits conglomerates, the company certainly had access to some choice, well-aged stocks.
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Big dreams may crash down to earth when daily reality gets involved.
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Daeron Targaryen Daeron Targaryen, otherwise known as Daeron the Drunkard, is a bookish and melancholy Targaryen prince known for his prophetic dreams.
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The ghosts of 1982 Austrian coach Ralf Rangnick was asked multiple times at a news conference Friday outside of Arrowhead Stadium about that shocking game at the 1982 World Cup.
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At Ojai, Lewis wistfully performed the solo prelude off in Libbey Park shrubbery as if a dallying forest spirit summoning ghosts of festivals past.
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Circe and Calypso, for instance, are fantasies of pleasure and captivity, projections of men’s fear of losing control; Odysseus’ abandonment of them is part of his return to command.
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Iraq was losing the war that would create the state of Israel, a humiliation that challenged fantasies of Arab unity and conquest.
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As a result, MSV now lives on in the shadows.
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Aerial video of the blaze showed smoke billowing from numerous beachside buildings, with large gray plumes of smoke casting dark shadows on the beach's turquoise waters.
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“Phantasms.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/phantasms. Accessed 29 Jun. 2026.
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