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mirage

[mi-rahzh] / mɪˈrɑʒ /


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The mirage of privacy and convenience could be causing more people to turn to AI for health-related information.

From Salon Aug. 19, 2026

It will be four years before we find out if that’s a mirage as well.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 7, 2026

The concept of the Great American Novel, introduced by John W. De Forest in 1868, has always been a mirage, since the country is too varied to be contained in a single work.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 19, 2026

See more: The massive run-up in AI stocks this year may be built on a ‘token mirage

From MarketWatch Jun. 18, 2026

But they were like a mirage that keeps its distance.

From "A Long Way from Chicago" by Richard Peck

Instead, the focus is on the emotion and excitement of movie-making mirages.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 29, 2024

It was the first of many Majorana mirages.

From Science Magazine Dec. 20, 2023

Ironman is no one’s idea of a spectator sport, and the XC hosts can only do so much about that, but without proper guidance it can be miserable, like chasing mirages in a desert.

From New York Times Dec. 6, 2022

The cure for these harrowing mirages turned out to be not a concoction of complex chemicals, as once suspected, but rather the simple antidote of lemon juice.

From Salon Sep. 9, 2022

He crossed a yellow plain where the echo repeated one's thoughts and where anxiety brought on premonitory mirages.

From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez




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