He had not survived this long by chasing phantoms of his own creation.

They would not learn that they were chasing phantoms until the Berlin Wall fell.

You aren't strong enough yet to go running off chasing phantoms.

"You're running away from the fight to chase phantoms."

Jeffrey said bitterly, "While we were out chasing phantoms and found none!"

If people want to tackle it effectively, then creating strawmen and chasing phantoms is the wrong way to go about it.

People are worried that he is abandoning them and their cause to chase phantoms.

"You can't stop him if you are off chasing phantoms," Shota said.

The neon threads of targeting lasers lashed out, chasing elusive phantoms.

Besides, they were often chasing phantoms, or trying to reconcile different judgments on the works they dealt with.