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- verb Present participle of
delude .
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Examples
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Constitution, the President of the United States succeeded in deluding the people of those States into the belief that the purpose of this
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People do whatever they want, nobody can tell them otherwise because apparently there’s some value in deluding yourself that you always know what’s right, then when it blows up in their face, the rest of us have to deal with it.
The Volokh Conspiracy » “Do ‘Family Values’ Weaken Families?” 2010
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People do whatever they want, nobody can tell them otherwise because apparently there’s some value in deluding yourself that you always know what’s right, then when it blows up in their face, the rest of us have to deal withit.
The Volokh Conspiracy » “Do ‘Family Values’ Weaken Families?” 2010
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The reason why mallaby is emphasising the impression created by the ’scandal’ and not the ’scandal’ itself should be self evident, though im sure most of you will have no difficulty in deluding yourselves on the point. viagra Says:
Matthew Yglesias » Yes, He’s a Crappy World Bank President 2007
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If so, Houstonians should expect some higher fares and freight ", but perhaps they should call us SDF, where the D stands for" deluding ".
WN.com - Articles related to Singapore's Tiger Airways posts net profit, reversing losses 2010
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Calvinism is people deluding themselves they can buy their way into the afterlife.
Tom McIntyre Explains His Picks for our 2009 Hunting and Fishing Heroes and Villians Face-Off 2009
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Rae who will encourage you to follow the Humperdinck, Humperdinck, Humperdinck tags to see some comments by perfectly satisfied (but in my view) self-deluding fans.
Humperdinck: "Now, if we only had a wheelbarrow..." rabid1st 2009
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Basically, I'm saying anyone who DOES believe in Rose and Ten II being in love is deluding themselves.
Humperdinck: "Now, if we only had a wheelbarrow..." rabid1st 2009
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The choice between Mubarak or stability was false; we knew or had to know sometime in the 30 year period was false but we kept deluding ourselves till 2 weeks ago.
Cairo protests:The west has a duty to nurture democracy | Observer editorial 2011
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Only the tone deaf and self deluding GOP lackeys would defend wall street's casino style of gambling hard working americans retirement savings away for the benfit of a few well connected campaign donors.
Poll: Public backs giving Washington more power to regulate Wall Street 2010
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