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
Though dusk hadn’t yet unfurled into night, clusters of people gathered under eaves and in doorways, their faces lost to the gloom and weak gaslight.
From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros
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
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
Our older son, who is almost 9, has narcissistic tendencies, gaslights his brother, rigs games in his favor and shows extreme overconfidence.
From Washington Post β Sep. 21, 2022
Maybe it was the club’s stuffiness or the sallow glow of the gaslights, but the room seemed to shrink by the moment.
From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros
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
"We are massively gaslighted and invalidated by healthcare professionals," said Charl Davies from Blaenavon, Torfaen.
From BBC β Mar. 17, 2024
“Part of me felt like I was being gaslighted by the department,’' Carranza testified this week.
From Los Angeles Times β Sep. 29, 2022
You are even being gaslighted into this statement: “I don’t want to be the cause of a total breakdown of the marriage.”
From Washington Post β Jun. 13, 2022
Once beyond the gaslighted streets, the sense of darkness in the midst of the surging multitude was oppressive and unnatural.
From Round About the Carpathians by Andrew F. Crosse
She told the BBC Access All podcast that what she'd experienced over the last 17 years was "medical gaslighting".
From BBC β Jul. 18, 2026
“What they did is against logic and gaslighting to the extreme.”
From The Wall Street Journal β Jun. 13, 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
“The days of gaslighting should be over,” he called out.
From Los Angeles Times β Jan. 7, 2026
There is simply too much gaslighting going on to spend adequate time debunking everything.
From Salon β Dec. 26, 2025
“And that they’ve been gaslit into thinking that they’re stagnant when they actually just know who they are,” says Stewart.
From Los Angeles Times β Aug. 12, 2026
In her first interview since then, Beth told the BBC that she had been "gaslit" by MI5.
From BBC β Jul. 7, 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
They’re saying: I refuse to be gaslit today.
From Slate β Oct. 20, 2025
Booth was a creature of the city and its fancy hotel lobbies, saloons, oyster bars, and gaslit shadows.
From "Chasing Lincoln's Killer" by James L. Swanson
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