delude
Example Sentences
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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
“They delude themselves with groupthink so that they can pretend this isn’t about hate but about protection, but we know the truth.”
From Seattle Times • Apr. 7, 2023
“When we name the man and not the movement, we delude ourselves into thinking that when the man goes away, so does the movement,” Frydl said.
From Washington Post • Oct. 16, 2022
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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