delude
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Merz called the uncovering of the case a "success", but warned "let us not delude ourselves - the activities of Russian intelligence services in Germany remain at a consistently high level".
From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026
"People delude themselves that the human race is so clever that we'll come up with some wonderful technology that'll make this all go away."
From Barron's ● Aug. 3, 2026
Some people delude themselves into thinking they’re financially independent when they’re not.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 12, 2026
Claire still can delude herself into believing that Madame “loves” and “adores” them.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 28, 2026
Because I wasn’t foolish enough to delude myself for this long—I was absolutely, totally, and completely falling for Sahil Roy.
From "From Twinkle, with Love" by Sandhya Menon
She concocts a fantasy, one that Arthur deludes himself into believing.
From Salon ● Oct. 12, 2024
Perhaps May also deludes herself that the present moment is especially propitious for a renewal of “our special relationship”.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 14, 2017
One good way of describing a speculative bubble is a moment when society deludes itself into believing that something plentiful is scarce, or will soon be.
From New York Times ● Feb. 10, 2017
What he means, I think, is that an electric bike deludes you into thinking you can go anywhere you like.
From Slate ● May 11, 2010
According to Schopenhauer and von Hartmann the entity is the unique cause of love, which itself is an instinct that deludes into the furtherment of nature’s aims.
From Historia Amoris: A History of Love, Ancient and Modern by Edgar Saltus
Pauling may never be fully vindicated, but neither was he simply deluded.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 7, 2026
If that’s the case, he is more deluded than he seems to think the rest of us are.
From Slate ● Apr. 30, 2026
Anderson’s film is nowhere near as bad, but it’s as deluded about reality and self-important about its perspective as “Crash” was.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 17, 2026
But he is also so paranoid, deluded and consumed with self-loathing that throughout this caustically witty novel we can’t help but root for him every step of the way.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 2, 2026
“It’s your fault that he’s deluded himself into thinking I’m going to prom with him.”
From "Twilight" by Stephenie Meyer
It comes with the territory and anyone who thinks it doesn't is deluding themselves.
From BBC ● Jun. 24, 2025
“But I think really they will be deluding themselves if they think that that bodes well for the next general election.”
From Washington Times ● Jul. 21, 2023
Carrigan: The dinner scene between Hank and the Raven, when the Raven is just baffled that Hank is deluding himself into not being responsible for Cristobal’s death.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 24, 2023
Is she deluding herself and unable to face reality, or is her "performance" all about control and maintaining power?
From Salon ● Sep. 11, 2022
If she was deluding herself, at least it would allow her to get through this awful day.
From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman
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