phantasmal

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This phantasmal region holds a particular lure for Osborn—not simply to uncover its hidden biodiversity but also to find out how living things can survive such extreme conditions.

From National Geographic • Feb. 13, 2024

Dozens of Airbnb listings advertise phantasmal experiences as well, such as a “second-floor haunted oasis” or a “Phantoms Lair.”

From Seattle Times • Oct. 26, 2022

The lighting transforms them into phantasmal silhouettes, like blurred figures from an old photograph album.

From New York Times • Mar. 5, 2020

In these phantasmal moments there was also a certain practicality.

From The New Yorker • Mar. 4, 2019

Away from the lakeshore the land rises gently and then abruptly to form the desiccated, phantasmal badlands of Anza- Borrego.

From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer