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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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The ministry has also summoned X officials to discuss the matter.—
Reuters,
NBC news,
10 Jan. 2026
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With Donna’s Banishment seeming almost a forgone conclusion, Cumming summoned the players back to a special morning edition of the Roundtable to just get the inevitable out of the way.—
Dalton Ross,
Entertainment Weekly,
9 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envisioned as a kind of fantastical fever dream—a contemporary take on a ’50s soundstage melodrama that gleefully mixes historical references with glitzy modernity.—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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He was tagged and pictured holding a skull on the group page, ABC 6 reported.—
Charna Flam,
PEOPLE,
9 Jan. 2026
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Under the same Instagram handle, the woman is pictured on the sideline at a Chiefs home game with Rice, who is holding a child in the photo.—
Blair Kerkhoff,
Kansas City Star,
8 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 18 Jan. 2026.
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