as in to beg
to make a request to (someone) in an earnest or urgent manner
I conjure you to hear my plea for mercy
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Recent Examples of conjure
In June 2025, the installation September and the Lions at ChertLüdde in Berlin conjured the environment surrounding the Löwenbrücke, or Lions’ Bridge, in the Tiergarten.
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Javier Montes, Artforum, 1 Jan. 2026
For decades, Lapland conjured up images of Santa and reindeer, but the global wellness boom and the growing demand for immersive experiences have revealed a new side to Finland's northernmost region—as a wellness hub.
—Dobrina Zhekova, Travel + Leisure, 29 Dec. 2025
Caitlin Looby The Great Lakes are taking one last shot in 2025 to remind everyone their waves can be more fierce than what the vast oceans typically conjure up.
—Caitlin Looby, jsonline.com, 29 Dec. 2025
And the erratic way the president rolled out his tariffs — announcing them, then suspending or altering them before conjuring up new ones — made 2025 one of the most turbulent economic years in recent memory.
—Wyatte Grantham-Philips, Fortune, 26 Dec. 2025
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Javier Montes, Artforum, 1 Jan. 2026
For decades, Lapland conjured up images of Santa and reindeer, but the global wellness boom and the growing demand for immersive experiences have revealed a new side to Finland's northernmost region—as a wellness hub.
—Dobrina Zhekova, Travel + Leisure, 29 Dec. 2025
Caitlin Looby The Great Lakes are taking one last shot in 2025 to remind everyone their waves can be more fierce than what the vast oceans typically conjure up.
—Caitlin Looby, jsonline.com, 29 Dec. 2025
And the erratic way the president rolled out his tariffs — announcing them, then suspending or altering them before conjuring up new ones — made 2025 one of the most turbulent economic years in recent memory.
—Wyatte Grantham-Philips, Fortune, 26 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for conjure
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As a kid in Rochester, New York, Kane begged his parents for a dollar to play.—
Anna Rahmanan,
thehustle.co,
9 Jan. 2026
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While eating at the restaurant with her parents, Black begged for her own tasty drink and the bartender whipped one up, naming it after her.—
Greta Cross,
USA Today,
8 Jan. 2026
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Meta and TikTok have petitioned to have the suit dropped; the courts have thrown these petitions out.—
Doreen St. Félix,
New Yorker,
8 Nov. 2025
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In September 2017, Singer petitioned the clerk of Palm Beach County to legally change his name to Hunter Barrett Scott.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
7 Nov. 2025
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“Conjure.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/conjure. Accessed 11 Jan. 2026.
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