But, much like preseason football, they provide exciting, if illusory, bits of narrative possibility.

Source: https://www.newyorker.com/news/our-columnists/vivek-ramaswamy-is-not-the-next-trump

However, the idea that a medicine’s launch is somehow in the hands of its manufacturer is illusory.

Source: https://www.politico.eu/article/european-union-pharmaceutical-reforms-hurt-patients-hinder-research/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication

Salima adopts extreme measures to save the illusory refuge of her marriage, and is confronted with the fragility of her long-preserved image.

Source: https://deadline.com/2023/03/qumra-2023-full-list-of-projects-doha-film-institute-1235275854/

The rules, published by the Voluntary Carbon Markets Integrity Initiative, aim to tighten the climate claims companies make in the face of sham boasts, abuse and illusory credits.

Source: https://businessmirror.com.ph/2023/10/22/some-good-news-about-the-planet-for-a-change/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=some-good-news-about-the-planet-for-a-change

The stability such leaders provide has always been illusory and temporary.

Source: https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2023/06/arab-spring-middle-east-tunisia-syria-sudan-autocracy/674286/?utm_source=feed

Third, Frankfurt and modern critical theorists see liberal democracy as offering only an illusory freedom.

Source: https://spectator.org/tragic-farce-the-origins-and-destiny-of-critical-theory/