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fantasize

[fan-tuh-sahyz] / ˈfæn təˌsaɪz /


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If you fantasize about retiring abroad, stories of blissful expats will only stoke your desire.

From MarketWatch Jun. 30, 2026

Exploring these accounts, I found that many lead back to Choudhury, keen to speculate and fantasize about which species might be in “The End of Oak Street.”

From Salon Apr. 12, 2026

“If I did nothing but eat and lift for six months,” a football fan might fantasize, “I could be a walk-on at the next Jets training camp.”

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 29, 2026

The empathic distance that reality TV affords still allows us to not only delight in the Traitors’ impressive murder run but perhaps fantasize as to how well we’d perform in their place.

From Salon Jan. 28, 2026

It is common enough at such times to fantasize arriving in a remote and high place.

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan

Walter Mitty is a term sometimes used to describe a person who fantasizes about a life more interesting and exciting than their own.

From BBC Jan. 21, 2026

Latta fantasizes about one day being in hospitality.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 7, 2023

The book takes place in the fictional hamlet of Swampshire, where Beatrice Steele lives with her family, fantasizes about solving crimes, and worries about what happens to women who step outside their societal spheres.

From Seattle Times Jul. 11, 2023

On the last day of work for Bringley, who a decade later is still a young man, Joseph fantasizes about his own future in their shared language of art.

From Washington Post Feb. 9, 2023

Enrique fantasizes about Lourdes’s expected homecoming in December.

From "Enrique's Journey" by Sonia Nazario

At least that’s what one improbable image fantasized in a recent slew of AI-generated “wedding photos” circulating online.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 17, 2026

Ever since, Bamberger had fantasized about doing the same.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 4, 2026

On Weibo, accounts linked to Xu have written that “Having more children can solve all problems” and fantasized about Xu’s children marrying Elon Musk’s children.

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 14, 2025

I fantasized about eating an array of bubble plate-friendly foods: crudités, scoops of vanilla ice cream drizzled in olive oil and elaborate yogurt bowls topped with fancy granola, cut-up fruit and cacao nibs.

From Salon May 25, 2025

That night, I fantasized about Papa joining us for the holiday.

From "Between Shades of Gray" by Ruta Sepetys

While starving and battling lice, the young women distracted themselves by fantasizing about food.

From The Wall Street Journal May 14, 2026

I didn’t want it to be this person who’s a complete introvert, nerd, not of this world, fantasizing about being this superhero.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 9, 2026

I haven’t had that sandwich in more than a decade, but just writing about it now, I’m absolutely fantasizing.

From Salon Apr. 5, 2025

But this wasn’t merely a spectacle of a man engaged in otherworldly fantasizing.

From Slate Feb. 4, 2025

For once Hazel was fantasizing about the real world.

From "Breadcrumbs" by Anne Ursu




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