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It is hard, however, to take seriously Mr. Putin’s threat that Tomahawks would destroy an illusory “emerging positive trend” in U.S.-Russian relations, or the Kremlin’s statement that they would be a “serious escalation.”

If it turns out progress was illusory we will at least have reacquainted ourselves with what optimism in the Mideast feels like—it feels energetic, like something that can get you through the next day.

The participants genuinely looked determined to work out compromises that only a few weeks ago appeared illusory.

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He rode into office on his illusory reputation as a dealmaker, vowing to settle the wars in Ukraine and Gaza within the first day or the first week or in any case very soon.

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Your song “The Outside” on this new record talks about the illusory nature of happiness and success.

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