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
Some of those clubs had a big claim on being the greatest European bogey that caused the most damage to Celtic and the delusions of grandeur they have of themselves as a great European club.
From BBC • Aug. 27, 2025
The show also tweaks the details of what happened on Booth’s last night to emphasize his delusions of grandeur, but Swanson says as a historian, he has no quibbles.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 15, 2024
There were early warnings in the 1997 role-playing game Final Fantasy VII that Cloud Strife harbored delusions of grandeur.
From New York Times • Feb. 20, 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
