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Recent Examples of ignis fatuus
Several sources say ignis fatuus, a spark of swamp gas, is the likely cause of the strange light.
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Fox News, 3 Mar. 2023
The story also helped explain ignis fatuus, a natural phenomenon that occurs in marshlands and bogs—such as those in Ireland’s countryside—producing flickering lights as gases from decomposing organic matter combust.
—National Geographic, 27 Oct. 2020
Fox News, 3 Mar. 2023
The story also helped explain ignis fatuus, a natural phenomenon that occurs in marshlands and bogs—such as those in Ireland’s countryside—producing flickering lights as gases from decomposing organic matter combust.
—National Geographic, 27 Oct. 2020
Recent Examples of Synonyms for ignis fatuus
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As long as Boston’s center depth is among the league’s absolute worst, the playoffs are going to be a pipe dream.Dom Luszczyszyn, The Athletic, 10 Jan. 2025
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But their plan for transforming it into a venue isn’t a pipe dream.Curbed editors, Curbed, 1 Jan. 2025
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Denver’s defense eventually ensured those early flashes were nothing more than a mirage, as the Colts converted only one of their next 10 chances on third down after those early conversions.Nick Kosmider, The Athletic, 16 Dec. 2024
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Or if not a mirage, then results exaggerated by expectations so low that anything good would've looked great.Nick Suss, The Tennessean, 16 Dec. 2024
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In seeking a progressive agenda that somehow never aligned with secular trends, Circle was chasing a chimera.Dan Piepenbring, Harper's Magazine, 2 Aug. 2024
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And sure enough, the mouse that grew from that embryo was a chimera, displaying these traits along with those of the original embryo donor.Michael Irving, New Atlas, 28 Nov. 2024
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As Sara’s delusions start to involve the game show’s host and live studio audience on TV start to mock her, her refrigarator also comes alive and attacks her.Chris O'Falt, IndieWire, 14 Jan. 2025
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Yet everything that goes up must come down, and hubris is one of the major symptoms of delusions of grandeur.Agustino Fontevecchia, Forbes, 14 Jan. 2025
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There was a woozy unreality about that first glimpse.Peter Ross, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 Jan. 2025
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Schwarzenegger’s hand getting enmeshed in the T-1000’s liquid skull emphasizes unreality, yet every time a Terminator throws the other against another machine, it’s done with the strength of human force.Vikram Murthi, Vulture, 4 Mar. 2024
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Its juicy cheeseburgers and sweet, sticky Hershey's brand milkshakes and sundaes were the stuff of daydreams.Catherine Jessee, Southern Living, 22 Dec. 2024
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These are features that California daydreams are made of, and this emergent scene is luring visitors to an outpost 70 miles southeast of downtown San Diego.Christopher Reynolds, Los Angeles Times, 24 Oct. 2024
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With an incoming administration likely to stall or roll back green initiatives, now was the time to double down on renewable solutions, not to hedge bets on fossil fuel stopgaps that offer, at best, an illusion of progress.Andrew Leahey, Forbes, 15 Jan. 2025
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Creating the illusion of pulling a gun on officers is a common suicide-by-cop move, Weiss said.Angie DiMichele, Sun Sentinel, 10 Jan. 2025
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“Ignis fatuus.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ignis%20fatuus. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.
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