pipe dream
Example Sentences
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Getting this bill through the House is not a pipe dream.
From Slate ● Aug. 4, 2026
Experts recommend treating the top of the range as your baseline target rather than as a pipe dream.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 22, 2026
Vozinha played 80 times as Cape Verde chased the pipe dream of someday reaching the World Cup.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 15, 2026
Ma Naw Phaw even met BFW's founder Min Min Soe Shwe who assured her that what might seem like a pipe dream was, in fact, within reach.
From BBC ● Jun. 12, 2026
I thought it was a pipe dream, and told her as much.
From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros
