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
But if they are willing to gaslight you about pay, exploring other options might be smart.
From MarketWatch β Jan. 21, 2026
She says, That fire is good and bright so we can turn off that gaslight till we get money for the meter.
From "Angela's Ashes: A Memoir" by Frank McCourt
“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
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
In 1886, when he arrived in suburban Englewood, Illinois, the gaslights were five years old, and electricity was just a few years away.
From Salon β Apr. 22, 2019
“No gaslights on,” he said, peering through one of the decorative glass panels on either side of the door.
From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros
She told the BBC she had felt "gaslighted" by medics and had been told to "wipe yourself better" after describing intense pain.
From BBC β Oct. 13, 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
Elisabeth Epps, a lawyer and activist who was one of the protesters who sued, said the attorneys for the city she loves gaslighted the protesters during the trial, questioning their account of what happened.
From Washington Times β Mar. 25, 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
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
“And I don’t want to say it’s disproportionate, but to a certain degree it is. You’re constantly filtering out, is this real danger? You are kind of constantly gaslighting yourself.”
From Los Angeles Times β Feb. 8, 2026
“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
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
"I was constantly gaslit by doctors," the 21-year-old from Birmingham says.
From BBC β Mar. 28, 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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