pipe dream
Example Sentences
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Experts recommend treating the top of the range as your baseline target rather than as a pipe dream.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 22, 2026
Vozinha played 80 times as Cape Verde chased the pipe dream of someday reaching the World Cup.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 15, 2026
Ma Naw Phaw even met BFW's founder Min Min Soe Shwe who assured her that what might seem like a pipe dream was, in fact, within reach.
From BBC ● Jun. 12, 2026
“It was a pipe dream for so long … the notion that we would get a subway to the Westside,” Yaroslavsky said.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 7, 2026
They seem to have no idea what a pipe dream this is.
From "The Running Dream" by Wendelin Van Draanen
