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His plan for starting his own business was just a pipe dream.
opening our own restaurant has long been a pipe dream
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Could Poland produce an equally seismic surprise at Euro 2024?
Even the most optimistic Poland fan, and for that matter soccer fan, would think this to be a pipe dream far beyond one’s wildest imagination.
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Aleks Klosok, CNN, 11 June 2024
But as Variety reports, the now A-list cast is busy with other projects, the character arcs reportedly have to be reworked to accommodate a time jump, and a production start date is but a pipe dream in Sam Levinson’s head.
—Zoe Guy, Vulture, 11 June 2024
For now, at least, many of Thomas’s most reactionary opinions remain pipe dreams, but he’s successfully persuaded much of the Republican legal establishment to carry his banner.
—Ian Millhiser, Vox, 10 June 2024
Stipanovich, however, said DeSantis’ further ambitions may be a pipe dream.
—Jeffrey Schweers, Hartford Courant, 28 Jan. 2024
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Aleks Klosok, CNN, 11 June 2024
But as Variety reports, the now A-list cast is busy with other projects, the character arcs reportedly have to be reworked to accommodate a time jump, and a production start date is but a pipe dream in Sam Levinson’s head.
—Zoe Guy, Vulture, 11 June 2024
For now, at least, many of Thomas’s most reactionary opinions remain pipe dreams, but he’s successfully persuaded much of the Republican legal establishment to carry his banner.
—Ian Millhiser, Vox, 10 June 2024
Stipanovich, however, said DeSantis’ further ambitions may be a pipe dream.
—Jeffrey Schweers, Hartford Courant, 28 Jan. 2024
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“Pipe dream.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pipe%20dream. Accessed 2 Jul. 2024.
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