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It comes with the territory and anyone who thinks it doesn't is deluding themselves.

From BBC ● Jun. 24, 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

Carrigan: The dinner scene between Hank and the Raven, when the Raven is just baffled that Hank is deluding himself into not being responsible for Cristobal’s death.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 24, 2023

She spent her life weaving it, in comfortably deluding me, that I might wear the lie as proof against all injury.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson




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