mirage
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The glare of the metal painted a mirage in the desiccated swap meet landscape, emitting an orb of heat and undeniable beauty.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026
See more: The massive run-up in AI stocks this year may be built on a ‘token mirage’
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 18, 2026
Potential investors, and tourists, see the war turning that vision into a mirage.
From BBC ● Jun. 9, 2026
Like Lionel Messi before him, Lamine Yamal has perfected the art of weaving in off the right flank, a hazy mirage of blaugrana turning defenders to stone, before a trademark left-foot finish.
From BBC ● Mar. 31, 2026
Slowly, like a mirage from a desert sandstorm, a figure emerged walking toward the people.
From "Bodega Dreams" by Ernesto Quinonez
Instead, the focus is on the emotion and excitement of movie-making mirages.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 29, 2024
It was the first of many Majorana mirages.
From Science Magazine ● Dec. 20, 2023
They have variously reported four, six or even eight mirages of the background galaxy circling the cluster, with each number suggesting a slightly different distribution for Abell 3827’s dark matter.
From Scientific American ● Oct. 11, 2023
Ironman is no one’s idea of a spectator sport, and the XC hosts can only do so much about that, but without proper guidance it can be miserable, like chasing mirages in a desert.
From New York Times ● Dec. 6, 2022
“Illusions,” explained Alec, “are like mirages,” and, realizing that this didn’t help much, he continued: “And mirages are things that aren’t really there that you can see very clearly.”
From "The Phantom Tollbooth" by Norton Juster
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