as in pipe dream
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The self-driving car is simultaneously a pipe dream and sort of, kind of the reality of many Americans.Kaitlyn Tiffany, The Atlantic, 16 Oct. 2024
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The notion of a championship seems very far away, a pipe dream.Mirjam Swanson, Orange County Register, 14 Sep. 2024
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Stefan Hedlund, director of research at the Centre for Russian and Eurasian Studies at Uppsala University, thinks Russia’s growth figures are a mirage clouded by Russia’s wartime spending, which has artificially inflated GDP.Jason Ma, Fortune Europe, 14 Oct. 2024
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Yet, Helene has once more reminded the rest of the country that the sense of security in the mountains is a mirage.Justin McBrien / Made by History, TIME, 9 Oct. 2024
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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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Wine & Travel France is an armchair traveler’s delight, inspiring daydreams as well as vacation plans.Laura Manske, Forbes, 20 Oct. 2024
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Write down a daydream, like Emily Dickinson to Sue Gilbert Many have speculated about the nature of the relationship between the intensely introverted poet Emily Dickinson and her friend Susan Gilbert, who became Dickinson's sister-in-law in 1856.Elizabeth Logan, Glamour, 16 Oct. 2024
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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 5 Nov. 2024.
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