delusional
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To start their companies, founders have to be creative, restless, slightly delusional and outrageously ambitious.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 21, 2026
While the “number of users” once meant “number of paying users,” the success of Facebook, Instagram and other social-media sites persuaded delusional investors that the word “paying” could be dropped.
From MarketWatch • Feb. 6, 2026
Supergrass frontman Gaz Coombes lends a hand on glam-stomp anthem Cocky, and Williams' former Take That nemesis Gary Barlow appears on a song called Morrissey, written from the perspective of a delusional stalker.
From BBC • Jan. 23, 2026
“Those things don’t require a lot of cognitive function, and they can be done even in a delusional state,” he said.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 6, 2026
Macbeth is totally delusional and has hallucinations of ghosts and a pesky floating dagger.
From "Challenger Deep" by Neal Shusterman
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