delude
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"To cheat, trick, deceive, delude with false pretences; to impose upon, take in, hoax."
From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2026
"People delude themselves that the human race is so clever that we'll come up with some wonderful technology that'll make this all go away."
From Barron's ● Aug. 3, 2026
Some people delude themselves into thinking they’re financially independent when they’re not.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 12, 2026
But Americans shouldn’t delude themselves that Taiwan is a mere dot on the map and a charity case.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 10, 2026
That was the reason the casino bothered to list the wheel’s most recent spins: to help gamblers to delude themselves.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
She concocts a fantasy, one that Arthur deludes himself into believing.
From Salon ● Oct. 12, 2024
But maybe it’s impossible to separate the reckless carnival barker who deludes himself and others from the bold ideas that really are helping to change the world for the better.
From New York Times ● Aug. 3, 2021
Perhaps May also deludes herself that the present moment is especially propitious for a renewal of “our special relationship”.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 14, 2017
What he means, I think, is that an electric bike deludes you into thinking you can go anywhere you like.
From Slate ● May 11, 2010
Alas for him who now deludes his yet high heart with a few notes of the music that so often was accompanied by his sword waving on to glory!
From Recreations of Christopher North, Volume I (of 2) by John Lyde Wilson
Pauling may never be fully vindicated, but neither was he simply deluded.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 7, 2026
If that’s the case, he is more deluded than he seems to think the rest of us are.
From Slate ● Apr. 30, 2026
Anderson’s film is nowhere near as bad, but it’s as deluded about reality and self-important about its perspective as “Crash” was.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 17, 2026
“Are they bigots? Are they deluded in thinking that they are subjected to unfair competition?”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 13, 2026
But it was a thrill to be deluded in such a high-quality way.
From "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel
"She must have known. If she didn't know, she was deluding herself, because she was there," he said.
From BBC ● May 20, 2026
There could be “huge social ruptures where one side sees the other as very cruelly exploiting AI while the other side sees the first as deluding itself into thinking there’s sentience there,” he said.
From Salon ● Jun. 10, 2025
But if they really believe they can stay in these two separate lanes, they’re deluding themselves.
From Slate ● May 23, 2025
“But I think really they will be deluding themselves if they think that that bodes well for the next general election.”
From Washington Times ● Jul. 21, 2023
If she was deluding herself, at least it would allow her to get through this awful day.
From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman
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