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For years, the only mechanisms available for relief from a federal firearms disability were the all but impossible pardon, seemingly illusory expungement that did not satisfy federal requirements, or an expensive and uncertain route of litigation.—
Mandy Taheri
Hannah Parry,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 July 2025 -
The Aries moon inspires you while also casting an illusory haze.—
USA TODAY,
USA Today,
19 June 2025
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As Almeyda makes her journey towards this elusive mecca, both the idea of Palmares and Almeyda’s journey toward it feel like hallucinatory visions: Vibrantly conjured, indeed mythic in intention and impact.—
Irenosen Okojie
July 11,
Literary Hub,
11 July 2025
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But the sound and lighting effects get rather heavy-handed during Josh’s hallucinatory meltdowns.—
Charles McNulty,
Los Angeles Times,
28 June 2025
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Nicole Mitchell said Carol Mitchell seemed paranoid that her name was on the documents.—
Ingrid Harbo,
Twin Cities,
17 July 2025
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Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 provided the Georgian Dream with a powerful but paranoid message: that the West is trying to drag Georgia into the war.—
Jill Dougherty,
CNN Money,
16 July 2025
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This isn’t callousness or delusive optimism but, rather, a rebellion against the suffocating expectation that the elderly have foreclosed the possibility of joy.—
Hillary Kelly,
The New Yorker,
21 Feb. 2024
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To separate art from its historical framework is futile, and to reject it in an effort to censor past violence is a delusive act of virtue signaling.—
WSJ,
WSJ,
5 July 2022
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On Tuesday, June 15, Rainn Wilson, who played Dwight Schrute, the neurotic office worker and beet farmer on the beloved series, shared two Instagram photos from his reunion with Jenna Fischer, the face behind everyone's favorite receptionist/ sales and office coordinator, Pam Beesly.—
Ingrid Vasquez,
People.com,
17 July 2025
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The trouble with Genovese’s approach is that each tiny choice sparks a kind of mental skirmish — some of them justified, as when Lara’s ex interrupts their dinner — such that the two come across as even more neurotic than your typical Woody Allen character.—
Peter Debruge,
Variety,
16 July 2025
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The fallout was immediate, surreal, and more than a little revealing.—
Jesse Edwards,
MSNBC Newsweek,
11 July 2025
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Naomi Watts broke out with a surreal leading turn in David Lynch's Mulholland Drive (2001).—
EW.com,
EW.com,
11 July 2025
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The idea of a schizoid Lady M is not entirely without appeal, but despite strong performances across the board, the work runs aground fast.—
Rhoda Feng,
Washington Post,
14 Apr. 2024
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The entire movie, of course, was a goof, a schizoid cardboard Vaudeville horror burlesque shot in two days and a night by Roger Corman.—
Owen Gleiberman,
Variety,
12 Apr. 2024
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Is all this merely a sci-fi imaginary consideration?—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
19 July 2025
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And yes, it will be displayed, but mercifully, not in an imaginary basement.—
Ana Gutierrez,
Austin American Statesman,
18 July 2025
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“Delusional.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/delusional. Accessed 6 Aug. 2025.
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