mirage

Example Sentences

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Then there’s Texas, the perennial Democratic mirage — always shimmering on the horizon.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 20, 2026

But a big part of that discount might be because of a mirage created by accounting rules which reduces Salesforce’s near-term earnings unjustifiably, Nygren says.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 5, 2026

Thomas is still untangling the frightening mirage that was the past four months of his life, but he says his most dangerous delusions were abetted by the most sycophantic version of ChatGPT: GPT-4.

From Slate • Feb. 2, 2026

Even if Leman isn’t our grandmother, she is, by the end, our grand mirage.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 30, 2025

Gaston, her husband, took care not to antagonize her, although since that fatal noon when he got off the train he realized that his wife's determination had been provoked by a nostalgic mirage.

From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez