fantasize
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Some fantasize about running around with their grandchildren.
From Slate ● Sep. 22, 2026
I like to look up and down the aisles, and I like to fantasize: How did this happen?
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026
Nevertheless, notice what Cornell’s research implies for those who fantasize about being in the stock market on these best days: You need to be heavily invested during bear markets.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 14, 2026
But to my eyes, this fandom appears to be a place where anyone is welcome to fantasize, dream, draw, speculate or just plain geek out.
From Salon ● Apr. 12, 2026
I wrote this on a piece of paper, dropped it into the prayer box, and began to fantasize about how they would arrive, in a package from Sears, Roebuck.
From "Farewell to Manzanar" by Jeanne Houston
Walter Mitty is a term sometimes used to describe a person who fantasizes about a life more interesting and exciting than their own.
From BBC ● Jan. 21, 2026
Instead, he fantasizes about resettling in the Ukraine and forging a life that might command the respect he craves from his parents.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 3, 2025
The book takes place in the fictional hamlet of Swampshire, where Beatrice Steele lives with her family, fantasizes about solving crimes, and worries about what happens to women who step outside their societal spheres.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 11, 2023
In one scene, the wildly self-involved protagonist fantasizes about her own funeral.
From New York Times ● May 17, 2023
Isaac fantasizes about opening a brewery-cum-performance-space, traveling through South America, or operating a sunset massage cruise in the Caribbean.
From "Class Matters" by The New York Times
On the journey to the U.S., they fantasized about what classes would be offered at their new school.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 17, 2026
Duchamp’s seeming disinterest often revealed itself to be something far more venomous, as when he fantasized about a nihilistic readymade: “Use a Rembrandt as an ironing board.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026
On Weibo, accounts linked to Xu have written that “Having more children can solve all problems” and fantasized about Xu’s children marrying Elon Musk’s children.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 14, 2025
I ate it voraciously and have since fantasized over how I might replicate it at home, especially during the summertime — but I've yet to come close.
From Salon ● May 30, 2025
Milkman fantasized too, but not for the stationary things Guitar described.
From "Song of Solomon" by Toni Morrison
Pete Golding had spent nearly 20 years in college football, fantasizing about the day when he might become a head coach in the hallowed Southeastern Conference.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 19, 2025
But this wasn’t merely a spectacle of a man engaged in otherworldly fantasizing.
From Slate ● Feb. 4, 2025
It’s saying he’s misinformed and fantasizing, not outright lying, as he meddles deeply in California water.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 3, 2025
For music lovers fantasizing about their summer concert plans, it’s almost time to wash those picnic blankets and stock up on your favorite snacks.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 20, 2024
For once Hazel was fantasizing about the real world.
From "Breadcrumbs" by Anne Ursu
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