delude
Example Sentences
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“We can delude ourselves for a while that this is not a real cost, but we’re only fooling ourselves at the end of the day,” he says.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 23, 2026
Blanche is just the latest person to delude himself this way.
From Salon • May 2, 2024
His goal was to delude the rest of us.
From Seattle Times • Aug. 2, 2023
I’m not a practiced enough viewer to delude myself into thinking I have any chance.
From New York Times • Mar. 13, 2023
That was the reason the casino bothered to list the wheel’s most recent spins: to help gamblers to delude themselves.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
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