delusions of grandeur
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He packed oversight commissions with appointees who would rubber-stamp his delusions of grandeur and did the same with the Kennedy Center, whose new board promptly renamed the performing arts venue for him.
From Slate ● May 18, 2026
He was forced out because fans and board had delusions of grandeur after Moyes won the club silverware and now it's a relegation battle the club look ill equipped for.
From BBC ● Jan. 3, 2026
But Guiteau couldn’t partake in what Makowsky delicately called the “benefits” of such a society, largely because his delusions of grandeur alienated him from others there.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 6, 2025
At the other end of the scale are people with bipolar type 1 who have psychotic delusions of grandeur.
From Salon ● Feb. 23, 2024
She had to make a great effort not to throw at them their prissiness, their poverty of spirit, their delusions of grandeur.
From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
