mirage

Critics on the Croisette are starting to resemble that classic comic-strip panel in which an explorer crawls desperately across the sand toward an oasis that’s only a mirage.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 19, 2026

Like Lionel Messi before him, Lamine Yamal has perfected the art of weaving in off the right flank, a hazy mirage of blaugrana turning defenders to stone, before a trademark left-foot finish.

From BBC ● Mar. 31, 2026

When you’re depleted after a couple of days of hard running, seeing something that may indicate your suffering is over is almost like seeing a mirage.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 1, 2026

But a big part of that discount might be because of a mirage created by accounting rules which reduces Salesforce’s near-term earnings unjustifiably, Nygren says.

From MarketWatch ● Feb. 5, 2026

The beach stretched away before them in a gentle curve till perspective drew it into one with the forest; for the day was not advanced enough to be obscured by the shifting veils of mirage.

From "Lord of the Flies" by William Golding

It was the first of many Majorana mirages.

From Science Magazine ● Dec. 20, 2023

Don't the words "recovery" and "convalescence" shimmer in your imagination like mirages?

From Salon ● Sep. 9, 2023

The tale of that man, his map, and the place it led to is really one about Southern California’s twin mirages — fame and fortune — and the people who seek one or the other.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 13, 2023

Careful spectral analysis can reveal which arcs in deep-field images are actually mirror images and which are instead mirages.

From Scientific American ● Jul. 21, 2022

It was an intricate stew of truths and mirages that convulsed the ghost of José Arcadio Buendía under the chestnut tree with impatience and made him wander all through the house even in broad daylight.

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