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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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Easier, maybe, to imagine Blume rejecting the general proposition of an author biography, which seeks to root a subject’s work in their specific experiences, dislodging them from a supposedly neutral or unmarked position.—
Katy Waldman,
New Yorker,
18 Mar. 2026 -
The last time was so long ago that Nash didn’t have a cell phone or even imagine being on a group chat with 12 teammates 30 years later.—
Cam Inman,
Mercury News,
18 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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Peru has seen eight presidents in the past decade, with several heads of state removed by Congress after corruption accusations.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
19 Mar. 2026
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But execs — some of whom will meet with Vice President JD Vance today — with a slightly longer perspective look at this moment and see mainly chaos, not profit.—
Tim McDonnell,
semafor.com,
19 Mar. 2026
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On March 18th, Hadi gathered with friends to celebrate Chaharshanbe Suri, a festival of fire on the eve of the last Wednesday before Nowruz, the Persian New Year, which begins on March 20th.—
Cora Engelbrecht,
New Yorker,
20 Mar. 2026
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Before sunrise in downtown Dallas, volunteers gather in near silence, scanning sidewalks and glass towers for signs of birds that didn’t survive the night’s migration.—
Dallas Morning News,
Dallas Morning News,
20 Mar. 2026
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And the economic importance of LEO, Pringle added, is far more than just the financial boom that venture capitalists are beginning to envision.—
Jackie Wattles,
CNN Money,
21 Mar. 2026
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Walking through the memorial reminded me that land and buildings often become far more meaningful than the structures originally envisioned.—
Allen Buchanan,
Oc Register,
21 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 22 Mar. 2026.
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