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pipe dream

verb as in fantasize

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However, the high bar for constitutional amendments makes Ogles' proposal a pipe dream - although it got people talking.

From BBC

But creating conditions in which such examples can flourish may seems like a pipe dream as America risks descending into autocracy, where no dialogue is possible or permitted.

From Salon

He is so angry because Ms Ismail's great expectation is not necessarily a pipe dream, at least in the long term.

From BBC

Security Council, additional sanctions are a pipe dream for the foreseeable future, while those on the books already are meekly enforced.

He could endorse an effort, even if it’s a pipe dream, to amend the Constitution to repeal or at least reform presidents’ unchecked pardon power.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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