Mirage
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Last published Tue, Jan 20, 2026
mi·rage. /məˈräZH/. Noun. "An optical illusion caused by atmospheric conditions, especially the appearance of a sheet of water in a desert or on a hot road caused by the refraction of light from the sky by heated air. "Something that appears real or possible but is not in fact so."
"The notion we had any chance of success was a mirage."
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