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pipe dream

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  1. pipe dream, dreamnoun

    a fantastic but vain hope (from fantasies induced by the opium pipe)

    "I have this pipe dream about being emperor of the universe"

    Synonyms:
    dreaming, dream, aspiration, ambition

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  1. Yong Ho:

    If the U.S. still dreams a pipe dream of gaining everything through sanctions, we are left with two options, either to leave it enjoying the dream to its heart's content or to wake it up from the dream, we are ready for both dialogue and standoff.

  2. Andrew Yang:

    The difference between a plan and a pipe dream is something that you can get done. we should not be looking to other countries' mistakes.

  3. United States:

    A United States high-speed rail network is a pipe dream, a lack of political support and federal financial support combined with the kind of fierce landowner opposition that CHSR has faced in California means that the challenges for new high-speed projects are enormous.

  4. Raj Rajkumar:

    It sounds like a pipe dream that hes selling people, i think its basically overpromising, which is typical of Elon Musk.

  5. Brad Cornell:

    If [ the market is ] priced to perfection and then something indicates that the perfection is a pipe dream, prices will come off.


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