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delude

[dih-lood] / dɪˈlud /


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“We can delude ourselves for a while that this is not a real cost, but we’re only fooling ourselves at the end of the day,” he says.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 23, 2026

Let's not delude ourselves, we're looking at human extinction, the death of eight billion people, and there's no way that people will be able to survive in anything like an increase of 5º centigrade.

From Salon • Oct. 24, 2024

His goal was to delude the rest of us.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 2, 2023

“Let’s not delude ourselves, Mr. Diab will never be extradited from Canada,” he said.

From New York Times • Apr. 21, 2023

Because I wasn’t foolish enough to delude myself for this long—I was absolutely, totally, and completely falling for Sahil Roy.

From "From Twinkle, with Love" by Sandhya Menon




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