as in pipe dream
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Noun
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If brands can’t execute the fundamentals and instead create friction, asking them to change their instinctive shopping behaviors will be a pipe dream.—
Rytis Lauris,
Forbes.com,
25 June 2025 -
In other words, sustainability isn’t just a pipe dream here.—
Nashia Baker,
Architectural Digest,
29 May 2025
Noun
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Future systems will generate endless mirages to trick the attackers down endless rabbit holes, exhausting their desire to succeed.—
Carlo Tortora Brayda,
Forbes.com,
25 June 2025
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The sibling suggested that Kaufmann’s involvement in the film world was not a complete mirage.—
Melanie Goodfellow,
Deadline,
24 June 2025
Noun
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Several sources say ignis fatuus, a spark of swamp gas, is the likely cause of the strange light.—
Fox News,
Fox News,
3 Mar. 2023
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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,
National Geographic,
27 Oct. 2020
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From $635 per night. La Réserve feels a bit like a daydream manifested.—
Madeline Weinfield,
Architectural Digest,
3 June 2025
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Zooey Deschanel is living in a Screen Actors Guild Awards daydream.—
Ingrid Vasquez,
People.com,
6 May 2025
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“Will-o'-the-wisp.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/will-o%27-the-wisp. Accessed 8 Jul. 2025.
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