wish away

phrasal verb

wished away; wishing away; wishes away
: to cause (something) to stop or go away just by wanting it to stop or go away
You can't just wish your problems away.

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But simply wishing away nuclear missiles will get us nowhere. Faisal Kutty, Newsweek, 12 Mar. 2025 But such a wrong turn ignores the long-unresolved problems of radioactive nuclear wastes that AI cannot wish away. Michael Riordan, Scientific American, 31 Jan. 2025

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“Wish away.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wish%20away. Accessed 26 Mar. 2025.

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