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as in imagines
to form a mental picture of
with certain flowers I instantly conjure up memories of our Caribbean honeymoon
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One tweet features an AI cover of a fake Slayr album called BURGERMAN that imagines him as a half-burger, half-human hybrid engulfed in a hellish flood of grease and cheese splatter.—
Kieran Press-Reynolds,
Pitchfork,
8 May 2026 -
In the year 2027 (which is somehow just one year from now, please stop, passage of time), Children of Men imagines a world where women have been infertile for years, dooming humanity to a slow extinction.—
Grace Dean,
Space.com,
2 May 2026
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Trouble’s brewing once a magic flute that summons the powerful Great Water Dragon is stolen.—
Randy Myers,
Mercury News,
30 Apr. 2026
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The Elden Ring sets are looking very real in a way that summons an overpowering urge to replay a game that takes 400 hours to get through.—
Fran Hoepfner,
Vulture,
24 Apr. 2026
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Initially aimed at Service Operation Vessels (SOVs) for wind farms and Platform Supply Vessels (PSVs) for the oil industry, Vard envisions this technology eventually forming a charging infrastructure along the entire Norwegian coast.—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
6 May 2026
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The revised Treasury-Fed accord Warsh envisions would in some, still-unspecified, way govern the size and potentially composition of the Fed's balance sheet.—
Steve Liesman,Matt Peterson,
CNBC,
4 May 2026
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The lesson learned is that when a 14-year-old trusts his instincts and gathers the confidence and courage to tell adults the truth, people will listen.—
Eric Sondheimer,
Los Angeles Times,
6 May 2026
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The state Department of Health committee gathers and analyzes data on mothers who lose their lives to pregnancy.—
Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
6 May 2026
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Anyone experiencing a mental health crisis, or who sees someone in crisis, should call 911, 211 or 988, the Suicide and Crisis Lifeline.—
Kellie Love,
Hartford Courant,
5 May 2026
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South Florida frequently sees sargassum washing ashore on its beaches, but the brown seaweed generally isn't harmful to humans.—
Sarah Perkel,
USA Today,
4 May 2026
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As the video shows, Curl-Salemme gets up and makes direct contact with Willoughby’s head.—
Hailey Salvian,
New York Times,
4 May 2026
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When the mother cat gets up and steps away from her kittens for a moment, the chickens are right there.—
Hanna Wickes,
Miami Herald,
27 Apr. 2026
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Miss Manners pictures your guests, looking forward to a pleasant evening with you, being confronted with your suggestions.—
Judith Martin,
Sun Sentinel,
24 Feb. 2026
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After all, no one pictures a futuristic city cloaked in exhaust fumes.—
Alex Hewitt,
IEEE Spectrum,
6 Jan. 2026
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Inspired by her magical storytelling and the world around him, Julián dreams of becoming a mermaid – sparking a dazzling journey from the borough’s sunlit streets to the mystical depths of the sea.—
Leo Barraclough,
Variety,
28 Apr. 2026
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Josie Maran dreams of an ice cream truck.—
Kara McGrath,
Allure,
22 Apr. 2026
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“Conjures (up).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/conjures%20%28up%29. Accessed 12 May. 2026.
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