gaslight
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Ironically, she says: "I medically gaslight myself to get through the day."
From BBC β Jul. 18, 2026
He also has to gaslight us by claiming that this system he’s creating is normatively good!
From Slate β Jul. 7, 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
Your duty is to have spoken honestly once, respectfully and without coercion; to ensure that your values were clearly expressed; and to refuse to gaslight yourself into believing that fairness does not matter.
From MarketWatch β Jan. 26, 2026
She kept close to the shuttered storefronts that lined the square, avoiding the pockets of flickering gaslight cast by the streetlamps.
From "Six of Crows" by Leigh Bardugo
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
He’s aghast and gaslights his way into the story.
From Los Angeles Times β Jul. 29, 2022
“We are not going to go away, under the cloud of unity that so often gaslights us about what parts of our agenda should be seriously considered,” she said.
From Seattle Times β Nov. 21, 2020
Public buildings and private homes glowed from candles, torches, gaslights, and fireworks.
From "Chasing Lincoln's Killer" by James L. Swanson
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
Co-director Debra McClutchy says, “We thought, ‘This sounds familiar: A woman being gaslighted.’
From Los Angeles Times β Feb. 23, 2023
Dear Carolyn: In 2020, my now ex-husband cheated on me, gaslighted me about it, then left me.
From Washington Post β Oct. 18, 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
Whatever happens will be cloaked in lies — and followed by gaslighting.
From Salon β Aug. 18, 2026
“What they did is against logic and gaslighting to the extreme.”
From The Wall Street Journal β Jun. 13, 2026
She told Lloyd she was once her friend but was met with "blame, rejection and gaslighting" when she tried to "shift blame" on to her husband.
From BBC β Jun. 5, 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
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
