will-o'-the-wisp

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Noun
  • 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, 10 Feb. 2025
  • Focus on #repair Or maybe Trump believes his pipe dream might convince the reluctant Netanyahu to continue to the next phases of the U.S.-brokered Gaza ceasefire.
    Trudy Rubin, Twin Cities, 9 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Frankly, those who fell for these mirages should have known better.
    Yair Rosenberg, The Atlantic, 20 Feb. 2025
  • The Wisconsin Democratic Party chair suggested the state could display a red mirage before a blue shift in this election in an interview on MSNBC on Monday.
    Kinsey Crowley, USA TODAY, 6 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • 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
  • 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
Noun
  • Along with the visions of carpaccio dancing through my head, my enchanting spa day and thrilling hours on the mountain have occupied wistful daydreams since my journey to Colorado.
    Lydia Price, Travel + Leisure, 22 Feb. 2025
  • Camping too close to a river Camping on the banks of a gently-flowing river is the stuff of daydreams, postcards, and Instagram posts.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 22 Feb. 2025
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