as in pipe dream
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Noun
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Without that, even the Merced to Bakersfield line may be a pipe dream.—
Tina Li,
Sacbee.com,
14 Aug. 2025 -
Crow has a pipe dream that Swift will one day return.—
Bryan West,
The Tennessean,
13 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Nevertheless the Giants traded away three players from their major-league roster and will now get the chance to see whether their recent turnaround is more than a mirage (consecutive losses to the Nationals over the weekend didn’t help).—
Evan Webeck,
Mercury News,
11 Aug. 2025
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The rich wine owners were nothing more than a boozy mirage and many of the specific bottles of wine identified as collateral didn’t exist, federal prosecutors said.—
John Annese,
New York Daily News,
24 July 2025
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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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In the Netflix dramedy Too Much, a brokenhearted American, Jess, makes the move across the pond, inspired in part by daydreams of stately castles, rolling green hills and dashing gentlemen professing their ardent admiration.—
Angie Han,
HollywoodReporter,
8 Aug. 2025
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No thinking about the future, no consideration of multiple outcomes to a decision, no counterfactuals, daydreams, fantasies or plans.—
Stephanie Madsen,
The Conversation,
22 July 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 26 Aug. 2025.
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