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pipe dream



VERB
fantasize
Synonyms


Example Sentences

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“It was a pipe dream for so long … the notion that we would get a subway to the Westside,” Yaroslavsky said.

From Los Angeles Times • May 7, 2026

The oil-futures market thinks oil will fall from $98 a barrel today to $80 by September and $75 by Christmas — but that may be a pipe dream.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 11, 2026

Even if this proves to be the exception, a near-term reversion to prewar oil prices sounds like a pipe dream.

From Barron's • Apr. 6, 2026

Not long before, “talkies” had been mostly a pipe dream.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 18, 2026

I loved the idea, even though the gallery seemed like a pipe dream.

From "How Dare the Sun Rise" by Sandra Uwiringiyimana




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