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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
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Hutchinson’s desire to be back for the Super Bowl sounds more like a pipe dream.Steve Silverman, Forbes, 21 Dec. 2024
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But their plan for transforming it into a venue isn’t a pipe dream.Curbed editors, Curbed, 20 Dec. 2024
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After previously traveling through villages ethnically cleansed by the military and ethnic Rakhine mobs, the display of regular Rohingya life — men strolling to the mosque, women haggling over fish, children playing on cellphones — felt like a mirage.Adam Ferguson, New York Times, 28 Dec. 2024
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Two decades of dark clouds can make bright skies seem like a mirage.Ben Standig, The Athletic, 23 Dec. 2024
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And sure enough, the mouse that grew from that embryo was a chimera, displaying these traits along with those of the original embryo donor.Michael Irving, New Atlas, 28 Nov. 2024
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The record’s new-wave ditties are an amalgamation of strange but immediately identifiable components, chimeras of ’60s pop à la Lesley Gore and the frenzied shred of a skateboarding compilation.Pitchfork, Pitchfork, 3 Dec. 2024
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Around Syria, this delusion has become impossible to sustain.Jon Lee Anderson, The New Yorker, 30 Dec. 2024
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Then there are productions like Severance, the Apple TV+ show, where midcentury-modern design is used as a symbol for delusion and conformity.Rachel Davies, Architectural Digest, 24 Dec. 2024
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But scientists are finding these imaginings useful, as the machines dream up riots of unrealities that have helped researchers track cancer, design drugs, invent medical devices, uncover weather phenomena and even win a Nobel Prize.Natasha Frost, New York Times, 24 Dec. 2024
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Four centuries after Galileo, the United States has become an epicenter of unreality.Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 25 Nov. 2024
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Bohemian daydream Boho’s been back for almost a year now, but spring’s best runways have taken the aesthetic in its dreamiest direction yet.Jake Henry Smith, Glamour, 18 Dec. 2024
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The series was often praised for its cutaway sequences tied to the daydreams of Braff’s character, J.D., with Braff also serving as the series’ narrator.Joe Otterson, Variety, 5 Dec. 2024
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On Washington Week With The Atlantic, George Packer joins Jeffrey Goldberg to discuss his recent reporting on the Democratic Party’s illusions and the future of American politics.The Editors, The Atlantic, 28 Dec. 2024
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As bitcoin matures, its volatility is likely to settle, leaving behind an asset whose long-term stability is built on solid fundamentals, not illusions of control.Dave Birnbaum, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2024
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“Ignis fatuus.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ignis%20fatuus. Accessed 6 Jan. 2025.
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