delude
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"To cheat, trick, deceive, delude with false pretences; to impose upon, take in, hoax."
From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2026
"People delude themselves that the human race is so clever that we'll come up with some wonderful technology that'll make this all go away."
From Barron's ● Aug. 3, 2026
Some people delude themselves into thinking they’re financially independent when they’re not.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 12, 2026
He’s also “theologically” grateful to be reminded that he is “dependent,” that “I can’t delude myself in claiming that I’m self-sufficient.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 13, 2026
People delude themselves in all sorts of ways.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
She concocts a fantasy, one that Arthur deludes himself into believing.
From Salon ● Oct. 12, 2024
But maybe it’s impossible to separate the reckless carnival barker who deludes himself and others from the bold ideas that really are helping to change the world for the better.
From New York Times ● Aug. 3, 2021
Perhaps May also deludes herself that the present moment is especially propitious for a renewal of “our special relationship”.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 14, 2017
I’m trying to embrace the fact that everyone deludes themselves about some things.
From Slate ● Apr. 27, 2016
Such success is viewed by the envious as a kind of trick, some witchery of fascination, which deludes the world into bestowing unmerited advantages on the conjuror.
From The Life, Letters and Work of Frederic Leighton Volume I by Mrs. Russell Barrington
Pauling may never be fully vindicated, but neither was he simply deluded.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 7, 2026
If that’s the case, he is more deluded than he seems to think the rest of us are.
From Slate ● Apr. 30, 2026
“Are they bigots? Are they deluded in thinking that they are subjected to unfair competition?”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 13, 2026
His direct, pragmatic approach has seduced voters, but has it deluded him into thinking that he has all the answers?
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 13, 2025
She was fairly sure this boy was demented or just hopelessly deluded, but she liked that word, and unless she was mistaken, he was offering to let her walk out of this house tonight.
From "Six of Crows" by Leigh Bardugo
If he really believes that the job of making peace is done, then he is deluding himself.
From BBC ● Oct. 14, 2025
There could be “huge social ruptures where one side sees the other as very cruelly exploiting AI while the other side sees the first as deluding itself into thinking there’s sentience there,” he said.
From Salon ● Jun. 10, 2025
But if they really believe they can stay in these two separate lanes, they’re deluding themselves.
From Slate ● May 23, 2025
“But I think really they will be deluding themselves if they think that that bodes well for the next general election.”
From Washington Times ● Jul. 21, 2023
If she is not, I have been sadly deluding myself.
From "Nine Stories" by J. D. Salinger
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