mirage

Example Sentences

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Then there’s Texas, the perennial Democratic mirage — always shimmering on the horizon.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 20, 2026

But a big part of that discount might be because of a mirage created by accounting rules which reduces Salesforce’s near-term earnings unjustifiably, Nygren says.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 5, 2026

Thomas is still untangling the frightening mirage that was the past four months of his life, but he says his most dangerous delusions were abetted by the most sycophantic version of ChatGPT: GPT-4.

From Slate • Feb. 2, 2026

Prof Wigfield also thinks the high level of young-adult loneliness is a real phenomenon, not a statistical mirage.

From BBC • Dec. 17, 2025

The sun shimmered off the lake in bright waves—it didn’t look like a real lake but a mirage in the Sahara.

From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt