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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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Recent Examples of Synonyms for conjure (up)
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But imagine a good cheeseburger, stripped down to its essential elements in raw form.—
Jenn Harris,
Los Angeles Times,
5 Mar. 2026 -
In defeat, White Southerners cast themselves in the role of Christ, imagining their suffering as redemptive.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
4 Mar. 2026
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Trump is summoning a new working group, comprised of athletes, coaches, administrators and college presidents.—
Eben Novy-Williams,
Sportico.com,
3 Mar. 2026
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But sometimes the zip isn’t there, with zone defense often a game-saving alternative, as if summoning Mariano Rivera.—
Ira Winderman,
Sun Sentinel,
3 Mar. 2026
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Fingerprints of climate change Although natural variability played a role, Swain sees the fingerprints of climate change in several aspects of winter weather, including cold snaps.—
Dinah Voyles Pulver,
USA Today,
5 Mar. 2026
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Activists are also instructing people to keep them out of sight so ICE agents don’t see them and later target them.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
5 Mar. 2026
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Meanwhile, Shah Alam’s friends and family gathered at a mosque Thursday for his funeral, offering prayers before accompanying him to a cemetery for burial.—
Alisha Ebrahimji,
CNN Money,
27 Feb. 2026
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The two weeks of events will wrap up next week with a large celebration of life gathering at a Chicago megachurch and finally, home-going services at the headquarters of the Rainbow PUSH Coalition.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
27 Feb. 2026
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Tucked behind a Greyhound bus station, the new safe camping site is what the city envisions as an entry-level option for a person needing shelter.—
Ishani Desai,
Sacbee.com,
28 Feb. 2026
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Floor plans for the apartment show a large bedroom at the back of the space, which the show envisions as an office where Kennedy works at a desk that might have been a family heirloom.—
Adriane Quinlan,
Curbed,
27 Feb. 2026
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The youngster, who has started both games so far, used his 6-foot-4 frame to get up for a header on a Dante Sealy — another new Rapid — corner kick.—
Braidon Nourse,
Denver Post,
1 Mar. 2026
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Messi got up unharmed and the game resumed.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
1 Mar. 2026
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Meanwhile, Bill is pictured socializing with Epstein and Maxwell in the files released by the Department of Justice, and appears on the flight logs for the late financier’s private jet.—
Tiago Ventura,
Time,
3 Mar. 2026
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Lowry could practically picture the whole scene.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
3 Mar. 2026
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“Conjure (up).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/conjure%20%28up%29. Accessed 5 Mar. 2026.
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