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
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
Sandy and her team have tried to gaslight me in a sense where I'm supposed to be making all of this up or I'm being dramatic, but it happened.
From BBC β Mar. 27, 2025
The gaslight had been kept burning inside the entry hall.
From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros
“This tweet insults, gaslights & disrespects on an epic level,” tweeted activist and “Why I Resist” author Dr. Shola Mos-Shogbamimu.
From Los Angeles Times β Dec. 19, 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 it, Bergman’s husband tells her she’s imagining things when their belongings mysteriously start going missing and she seems to see the gaslights dim and hear footsteps.
From Washington Post β Apr. 15, 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
The gaslights cast flickering shadows over the shroud, as though something was moving under there.
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
Co-director Debra McClutchy says, “We thought, ‘This sounds familiar: A woman being gaslighted.’
From Los Angeles Times β Feb. 23, 2023
As to Martha Mitchell, then, was she indeed being gaslighted or simply, well, Martha Mitchell-effected?
From Washington Post β Apr. 27, 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
And maybe let others make theirs, too—free of the gaslighting.
From The Wall Street Journal β Jul. 23, 2026
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
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 office space gaslighting gives way to horror trickery, slackening the plot’s tension until it nearly unravels in the final act.
From Salon β Sep. 13, 2023
“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
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
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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