disappear/vanish into thin air
idiom
: to disappear completely in a way that is mysterious
The papers seem to have vanished into thin air.
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This three-step combo should keep your nose corners hydrated and ensure all your efforts don’t just disappear into thin air.
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Jenna Ryu, SELF, 4 Dec. 2024
Inej’s slipperiness during the heist, coupled with her aptitude with blades and her previously seen ability to vanish into thin air, marks her as a de facto ninja.
—Nick Schager, EW.com, 23 Apr. 2021
Just after the last sunset of the year, eight scientists at a secretive research station seem to vanish into thin air.
—Alison Herman, Variety, 12 Jan. 2024
There’s no way that my brother would just vanish into thin air like this.
—Melissa Alonso, CNN, 7 Sep. 2023
After helping guide a frustrated fashionista to leave their cheating boyfriend, Parris assisted a viewer who apparently witnessed a family of ducklings disappear into thin air in the middle of the road.
—Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 11 Aug. 2023
To many, the snow that seemed to vanish into thin air would go unnoticed.
—WIRED, 29 July 2023
Prepare to relax as your concerns disappear into thin air with ease.
—Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 12 June 2023
That sets off an obsessive hunt when Dellrayne appears to vanish into thin air off the top of a tall building after using some kind of mind control on Rourke’s law enforcement colleagues.
—David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 May 2023
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Jenna Ryu, SELF, 4 Dec. 2024
Inej’s slipperiness during the heist, coupled with her aptitude with blades and her previously seen ability to vanish into thin air, marks her as a de facto ninja.
—Nick Schager, EW.com, 23 Apr. 2021
Just after the last sunset of the year, eight scientists at a secretive research station seem to vanish into thin air.
—Alison Herman, Variety, 12 Jan. 2024
There’s no way that my brother would just vanish into thin air like this.
—Melissa Alonso, CNN, 7 Sep. 2023
After helping guide a frustrated fashionista to leave their cheating boyfriend, Parris assisted a viewer who apparently witnessed a family of ducklings disappear into thin air in the middle of the road.
—Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 11 Aug. 2023
To many, the snow that seemed to vanish into thin air would go unnoticed.
—WIRED, 29 July 2023
Prepare to relax as your concerns disappear into thin air with ease.
—Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 12 June 2023
That sets off an obsessive hunt when Dellrayne appears to vanish into thin air off the top of a tall building after using some kind of mind control on Rourke’s law enforcement colleagues.
—David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 May 2023
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“Disappear/vanish into thin air.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/disappear%2Fvanish%20into%20thin%20air. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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