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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 what kinds of systems NFL teams are building.—
Parker Gabriel,
Denver Post,
11 Mar. 2026 -
The Secret World of Arrietty, directed by Hiromasa Yonebayashi, adapts Mary Norton’s classic children’s novel The Borrowers, imagining a hidden world of tiny people living beneath the floorboards of human homes.—
Patrick Brzeski,
HollywoodReporter,
10 Mar. 2026
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Maria’s brothers, with their perpetual runny noses, are summoned with a sniffly wipe.—
Theater Critic,
Los Angeles Times,
17 Mar. 2026
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The film is about a New York playwright summoned to Ireland to bury his father.—
Mike Barnes,
HollywoodReporter,
16 Mar. 2026
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Global art markets saw modest growth in 2025 after two years of decline — but the recovery is partial and fragile.—
Tom Chivers,
semafor.com,
12 Mar. 2026
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Offensively, the Cowboys were clearly comfortable seeing TCU’s style of defense for a third time.—
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
12 Mar. 2026
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In front of him, activists were emerging from a tour bus to gather in front of the historic Paramour Estate.—
Gustavo Arellano,
Los Angeles Times,
13 Mar. 2026
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Slowly, a family that once gathered around the same table becomes scattered across continents.—
Sarah Al Asmar,
The Orlando Sentinel,
12 Mar. 2026
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The facility is envisioned as a comprehensive scientific base capable of operating autonomously for extended periods, with astronauts visiting only for shorter missions while robotic systems handle much of the routine work.—
Bojan Stojkovski,
Interesting Engineering,
14 Mar. 2026
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But D’hollander also envisioned a café that would be open during regular operating hours — and perhaps open later on certain days to accommodate its signature events.—
Ryan Gillespie,
The Orlando Sentinel,
14 Mar. 2026
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The ball went top left shelf for the equalizer as Kössler tumbled to the turf, then immediately got up and raised her hands.—
Kyle Newman,
Denver Post,
15 Mar. 2026
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Demary was slow to get up and left the court on his own power.—
Joe Arruda,
Hartford Courant,
15 Mar. 2026
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Commercial vessels are pictured offshore in Dubai on March 11, 2026.—
Anniek Bao,
CNBC,
18 Mar. 2026
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Amini was a soccer player on Iran’s national futsal team until 2017, when she was pictured casually playing soccer with some male friends in Switzerland – a crime, she was told by Iran’s governing regime.—
Don Riddell,
CNN Money,
17 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 18 Mar. 2026.
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