gaslight
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He also has to gaslight us by claiming that this system he’s creating is normatively good!
From Slate β Jul. 7, 2026
Why Graham is willing to gaslight his followers like this isn’t a mystery.
From Salon β May 15, 2026
Esther Crain, the author of ‘The Gilded Age in New York, 1870-1910,’ says gold interiors served a practical purpose: brightening rooms lit by gaslight.
From The Wall Street Journal β Apr. 16, 2026
But if they are willing to gaslight you about pay, exploring other options might be smart.
From MarketWatch β Jan. 21, 2026
They were brighter than gaslight, steadier than candles or lamps, and lasted nearly forever.
From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss
Founded in the 1830s, or maybe earlier, it’s been a private arts club, a home for nonconformist thinkers and drinkers since gaslights burned.
From Salon β Jun. 23, 2026
Essentially, he gaslights himself to the finish line.
From Los Angeles Times β Sep. 2, 2023
Among other instances, he insists her complains over the constant dimming of their London townhouse’s gaslights is a figment of her troubled mind.
From Seattle Times β Nov. 27, 2022
My research shows that gaslighting may be unintentional—for example, Audrey doesn't think her mother gaslights her on purpose.
From Scientific American β Sep. 22, 2022
In the hissing gaslights, the watch’s golden case glowed like a beacon.
From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros
In a press conference after the judgement, one of the nurses said they felt they had been "gaslighted" by NHS managers.
From BBC β Jan. 21, 2026
I have spoken to others who left; their stories are not mine to share, but feeling unsupported and gaslighted when trying to advocate are common themes.
From Seattle Times β Apr. 19, 2024
The girlboss in me would never stand for this behavior, but I feel gaslighted and don’t know how to act.
From Washington Post β Mar. 16, 2023
Co-director Debra McClutchy says, “We thought, ‘This sounds familiar: A woman being gaslighted.’
From Los Angeles Times β Feb. 23, 2023
But for ten minutes she sat in a leather-and-oak waiting room, beneath a fly-specked Rembrandt's "Night-Watch," a clock ticking spang into the gaslighted silence and the very chairs seeming to meditate as they stood.
From Star-Dust by Fannie Hurst
Whatever happens will be cloaked in lies — and followed by gaslighting.
From Salon β Aug. 18, 2026
And maybe let others make theirs, too—free of the gaslighting.
From The Wall Street Journal β Jul. 23, 2026
"With endometriosis, most people end up minimising their pain, gaslighting themselves so they don't reach out for help," Abbie Filer explains.
From BBC β Jul. 12, 2026
Theodore Boutrous, a Times lawyer, accused the administration at a hearing before Friedman in a Washington court on Monday of "gaslighting" and "bad faith."
From Barron's β Mar. 30, 2026
“And I don’t want to say it’s disproportionate, but to a certain degree it is. You’re constantly filtering out, is this real danger? You are kind of constantly gaslighting yourself.”
From Los Angeles Times β Feb. 8, 2026
The disabled-led production touches on the idea that one of the main characters, Colin, was himself medically gaslit.
From BBC β Jul. 18, 2026
But worse than the price hikes is the unsettling feeling that consumers are being gaslit by tech giants paying lip service to the gaming community while delaying product releases or peddling AI-generated “slop.”
From MarketWatch β May 23, 2026
Liz Plank, on her Substack, describes the nausea and disorientation felt by women realizing this past week that we had all been gaslit yet again.
From Slate β Feb. 12, 2026
It’s bad enough that the public is being gaslit about an ongoing measles outbreak that has so far spread across 25 states, infecting more than 700 people, with more than 540 in Texas alone.
From Salon β Apr. 13, 2025
New Yorkers knew when the Fox sisters were at home because once again carriages full of spirit seekers lined the gaslit street, this time in front of their house.
From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock
