gaslight
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He also has to gaslight us by claiming that this system he’s creating is normatively good!
From Slate β Jul. 7, 2026
Why Graham is willing to gaslight his followers like this isn’t a mystery.
From Salon β May 15, 2026
Esther Crain, the author of ‘The Gilded Age in New York, 1870-1910,’ says gold interiors served a practical purpose: brightening rooms lit by gaslight.
From The Wall Street Journal β Apr. 16, 2026
Your duty is to have spoken honestly once, respectfully and without coercion; to ensure that your values were clearly expressed; and to refuse to gaslight yourself into believing that fairness does not matter.
From MarketWatch β Jan. 26, 2026
The gaslight burned harsh on Frankie’s face, stoking a fire in his tawny eyes and carving his features into cruel angles.
From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros
Essentially, he gaslights himself to the finish line.
From Los Angeles Times β Sep. 2, 2023
My research shows that gaslighting may be unintentional—for example, Audrey doesn't think her mother gaslights her on purpose.
From Scientific American β Sep. 22, 2022
Our older son, who is almost 9, has narcissistic tendencies, gaslights his brother, rigs games in his favor and shows extreme overconfidence.
From Washington Post β Sep. 21, 2022
“We are not going to go away, under the cloud of unity that so often gaslights us about what parts of our agenda should be seriously considered,” she said.
From Seattle Times β Nov. 21, 2020
In an attempt to silence her, Anthony went backstage and ordered the janitor to cut off the gaslights, leaving Woodhull and the entire membership in the dark.
From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling
"It's really important for other people to know what's happened and to understand if they're being gaslighted as well, that they're not alone, that this is what's going on," she said.
From BBC β Dec. 18, 2024
I have spoken to others who left; their stories are not mine to share, but feeling unsupported and gaslighted when trying to advocate are common themes.
From Seattle Times β Apr. 19, 2024
The girlboss in me would never stand for this behavior, but I feel gaslighted and don’t know how to act.
From Washington Post β Mar. 16, 2023
“Part of me felt like I was being gaslighted by the department,’' Carranza testified this week.
From Los Angeles Times β Sep. 29, 2022
Once beyond the gaslighted streets, the sense of darkness in the midst of the surging multitude was oppressive and unnatural.
From Round About the Carpathians by Andrew F. Crosse
Theodore Boutrous, a Times lawyer, accused the administration at a hearing before Friedman in a Washington court on Monday of "gaslighting" and "bad faith."
From Barron's β Mar. 30, 2026
Yet we may be gaslighting ourselves about the likelihood of either nation meeting its deadline for putting humans on the lunar surface—China in 2030, the U.S. in 2028.
From The Wall Street Journal β Feb. 10, 2026
The child hit out at Rhodes for "gaslighting me, parading around as a survivor, while destroying me and my mother".
From BBC β Jan. 16, 2026
“The days of gaslighting should be over,” he called out.
From Los Angeles Times β Jan. 7, 2026
The office space gaslighting gives way to horror trickery, slackening the plot’s tension until it nearly unravels in the final act.
From Salon β Sep. 13, 2023
“And that they’ve been gaslit into thinking that they’re stagnant when they actually just know who they are,” says Stewart.
From Los Angeles Times β Aug. 12, 2026
But worse than the price hikes is the unsettling feeling that consumers are being gaslit by tech giants paying lip service to the gaming community while delaying product releases or peddling AI-generated “slop.”
From MarketWatch β May 23, 2026
They’re saying: I refuse to be gaslit today.
From Slate β Oct. 20, 2025
"I felt like I was gaslit," Hanya says, "like all of these things were made up. Like none of it was true."
From BBC β Jun. 28, 2025
Booth was a creature of the city and its fancy hotel lobbies, saloons, oyster bars, and gaslit shadows.
From "Chasing Lincoln's Killer" by James L. Swanson
