phantasmagoric
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Its bright orange shade looked almost neon against the phantasmagoric roses bursting from the carpeting and wallpaper—every inch of this underworld custom-calibrated for a blindingly colorful ride.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 9, 2026
Much that occurs is slightly phantasmagoric, resulting in a story of psychological disorientation as well as physical threat.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 27, 2023
When the phantasmagoric “Petrov’s Flu” opens on a crowded bus — a nightmare of jostling, babbling bodies — it seems obvious that there’s more troubling its hero than a typical seasonal malady.
From New York Times ● Sep. 22, 2022
The same holds for Steve Erickson, whose work blends the phantasmagoric — in “Our Ecstatic Days,” a lake appears at the corner of Laurel Canyon and Hollywood boulevards — with the stuff of daily life.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 14, 2022
For a moment, he was closer to despair than at any other time in the whole phantasmagoric adventure.
From Hunter Patrol by Piper, H. Beam
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