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as in to imagine
to form a mental picture of
with certain flowers I instantly conjure up memories of our Caribbean honeymoon
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Now imagine a world where everyone yearned—not through dramatic declarations of love or extravagant gifts, but simply by being honest from the start.—
Jenna Ryu,
SELF,
14 Jan. 2026 -
Barbara Brockway and Matt Padula always imagined retirement as a time to relax and enjoy each other's company after more than three decades together.—
Madeline Montgomery,
CBS News,
14 Jan. 2026
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They can be summoned via the third-party app Honk, which chiefly is used by tow truck operators to find stranded customers.—
MICHAEL HILTZIK Los Angeles Times,
Arkansas Online,
18 Jan. 2026
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That includes those who have been summoned from their AHL affiliate in Syracuse, something that has kept the transaction wire busy in Tampa this season.—
Tom Layberger,
Forbes.com,
18 Jan. 2026
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But, the aide said, the President would see me first.—
Jon Lee Anderson,
New Yorker,
15 Jan. 2026
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In live video, Japanese astronaut Kimiya Yui and Russian cosmonaut Oleg Platonov can be seen in their suits woring on tasks, but not yet in their seats.—
Josh Dinner,
Space.com,
15 Jan. 2026
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Investigators gathered images from surveillance video that prosecutors said showed Thurman’s face and submitted them to Illinois’ facial recognition program, which led to his identification.—
Greg Wehner,
FOXNews.com,
16 Jan. 2026
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The roving raids targeting car washes, parking lots where day laborers gather and garment factories disrupted immigrant communities throughout the region for weeks in June and July.—
City News Service,
Daily News,
16 Jan. 2026
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In late 2020, Farr had a wildly vivid dream envisioning a black car driving through the Colombian mountains, en route to a monastery.—
Bryan Alexander,
USA Today,
11 Jan. 2026
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Wuthering Heights was always envisioned as a kind of fantastical fever dream—a contemporary take on a ’50s soundstage melodrama that gleefully mixes historical references with glitzy modernity.—
Radhika Seth,
Vogue,
10 Jan. 2026
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Then Elliss sprinted to fall on the ball, got up and ran toward the nearest end zone in celebration, all while Herbert laid flat on his back and clutched his chest plate with both hands.—
Andrew Callahan,
Boston Herald,
12 Jan. 2026
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Saquon Barkley ran for 106 yards but was slow to get up on a run in the fourth quarter.—
Dallas Morning News,
Dallas Morning News,
12 Jan. 2026
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Eventually, as not pictured by Izzy, 315-pound right tackle Mike McGlinchey wandered over and sat next to his quarterback, too.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
21 Jan. 2026
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Williams, who is the men's creative director for the fashion house, was not pictured in the photos.—
Hannah Sacks,
PEOPLE,
21 Jan. 2026
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“Conjure (up).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/conjure%20%28up%29. Accessed 21 Jan. 2026.
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