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Recent Examples of conjure With their glory days long gone, Gary Emerson and Horace Mann high schools represent blighted eyesores that conjure up nostalgia and grim realities. Carole Carlson, Chicago Tribune, 5 Sep. 2025 His arrival on the report obviously conjures up nightmares for the 49ers from a year ago, when he was surprisingly scratched from their season opener and missed two months with Achilles tendinitis. Cam Inman, Mercury News, 5 Sep. 2025 As Stewart makes clear, conjuring has been enmeshed in American life for centuries. Danielle Amir Jackson, The Atlantic, 4 Sep. 2025 Vex can use that energy to empower herself, or channel it to conjure deadly minions that fight alongside her. Griff Griffin, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for conjure
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Verb
  • As summer winds down and your strands have endured heatwaves, pool days, and sweaty workouts, your curls might be begging for a break.
    Larry Stansbury, Essence, 4 Sep. 2025
  • Here’s the at-home solution your achy legs have been begging for.
    Jenny McCoy, SELF, 3 Sep. 2025
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  • Haunted by the lack of answers and stymied by Mexican authorities, Barraza has turned to Chicago attorney John Lee to petition an international tribunal for help in finding the truth and getting justice.
    Ray Long, Chicago Tribune, 3 Sep. 2025
  • Heuermann's defense team petitioned the judge to exclude the evidence, arguing that whole genome sequencing is not widely accepted by the scientific community.
    N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA Today, 3 Sep. 2025

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“Conjure.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/conjure. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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