phantasmal

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This phantasmal region holds a particular lure for Osborn—not simply to uncover its hidden biodiversity but also to find out how living things can survive such extreme conditions.

From National Geographic • Feb. 13, 2024

In these phantasmal moments there was also a certain practicality.

From The New Yorker • Mar. 4, 2019

Clara’s private, phantasmal liberation signals the influence of the John Cassavetes film “Opening Night,” but Bridey’s images do not aspire to the sensuousness of that inspiration.

From New York Times • Feb. 13, 2019

After his 1865 assassination, Lincoln apparently joined his son in his phantasmal roaming.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 31, 2017

As dawn washed the darkness from the sky, the shattered glacier was revealed to be a three-dimensional landscape of phantasmal beauty.

From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer