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conjuring

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adjective

conjuring

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verb

present participle of conjure

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Recent Examples of conjuring
Noun
Everyone here has been brought by Vernon, really, by mystical conjuring if not literal invitation, the rock star as co-author. Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 28 July 2026 Sure, the Oscar-winning makeup helps transform the actor into Cheney, but the voice and petulance are all Bale, whose conjuring of this scoundrel ought to trigger PTSD for anyone who survived the Dubya years. Tim Grierson, Vulture, 7 Mar. 2026 In Pilkington’s conjuring, liberalism was a potent ideology that arose against monarchy and aristocracy and sought to rationalize social and political relationships. Foreign Affairs, 16 Dec. 2025 But for all of the multiplex-friendly fun Wright’s conjuring with this over-the-top spin on dystopian sci-fi blockbusters, the prevailing feeling here is dread. David Fear, Rolling Stone, 11 Nov. 2025 This is the cursed object that shows up at the Smurls, though the actual conjuring mirror – long a mainstay in the Warrens' Occult Museum, alongside the infamous Annabelle – was obtained from a man in New Jersey. Brian Truitt, USA Today, 5 Sep. 2025
Verb
In 2010, Empire of the Sun made its North American debut on stage at Lollapalooza in Chicago, with the festival itself conjuring up a number of memories for Steele. Jim Ryan, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026 Rogen also worked often with Jonah Hill (Knocked Up) and James Franco (Pineapple Express), but neither of those talented young filmmakers managed to match Rogen’s energy or resilience in conjuring future projects. Peter Bart, Deadline, 30 July 2026 Yet Messi still managed to create a sense of late drama with his hooking passes across the face of Spain’s net, conjuring sudden opportunities out of nothing. Sally Jenkins, The Atlantic, 20 July 2026 Of course, once can’t think of the extra-heighted headband without conjuring up an image of Leighton Meester as queen bee Blair Waldorf, who had a wardrobe full of them in all kinds of prints and patterns. Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 17 July 2026 Brathwaite quickly gained notoriety in Venezuela for her abstract shapes conjuring both geological configurations and human bodies. News Desk, Artforum, 9 July 2026 While critics mostly embraced Harris’ brutal commitment to conjuring such a twisted tale, Amazon MGM put out a muddled sales pitch that grossed under $5 million domestically. Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 2 July 2026 In Johannesburg’s inner city, entire blocks fell silent as street vendors cleared out and retail shops pulled steel shutters down, conjuring up memories of the 2020 pandemic lockdowns. Tiisetso Motsoeneng, semafor.com, 1 July 2026 The windswept tumult is filmed in lyrical slow motion, with high-contrast lighting, and the imagery meshes with Angèle’s text to evoke the inner lives of Maxine and Ada, conjuring subjectivity itself. Richard Brody, New Yorker, 27 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for conjuring
Noun
  • Helen’s famous face has been disfigured, presumably by her angry husband, Menelaus; the sorceress Circe uses her witchcraft in self-defense, seemingly as a result of traumatic encounters with men.
    Caroline Mimbs Nyce, New Yorker, 17 July 2026
  • The film also stars Anne Hathaway as Odysseus’ wife, Penelope; Tom Holland as their son, Telemachus; Pattinson as the Ithacan suitor, Antinous; Zendaya as goddess of wisdom, Athena; and Charlize Theron as goddess of witchcraft, Circe.
    Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 16 July 2026
Noun
  • That was the ambition; to afford a ticket and to feel the magic for ourselves.
    Lee Clayton, New York Times, 4 Aug. 2026
  • After setting her wildly popular debut The Tiger's Wife in a Balkans suffused with myth and magic, the author turned in subsequent books to the Old West and a city redolent of New York.
    Colin Dwyer, NPR, 4 Aug. 2026
Adjective
  • Café 1902, Petit Palais (Paris) Built for the 1900 Universal Exposition, the Petit Palais has been a museum since 1902, and is an enchanting mix of galleries and gardens in metropolitan Paris.
    Amy Bradford, Architectural Digest, 5 Aug. 2026
  • The problem may be that Allie, as Barbaro plays her, is off-the-charts enchanting.
    Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 5 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Holes left lying around for even the most slothful of AI are just begging for an easy AI escape.
    Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 5 Aug. 2026
  • Here the artists sew a conquered woman holding her child’s hand, begging for humanity.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 5 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • These are some of man's most sorcery-like achievements, providing materials with excellent engineering properties.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 6 July 2026
  • Come to Eternia, the mythical home of flying dragon-like creatures, and swords, and sorcery, and spaceships — really, all the stuff a 12-year-old science fiction fanatic loves.
    David Fear, Rolling Stone, 4 June 2026
Adjective
  • Outflanked by cruel and fickle gods at every turn, legendary Greek hero Odysseus outsmarted a one-eyed giant, suffered through the bewitching Sirens’ song and braved the Underworld’s dead denizens.
    Alex Pulaski, Los Angeles Times, 8 July 2026
  • Of the many subfields in classics, papyrology is perhaps the most difficult to understand but also the most bewitching.
    Madeleine Schwartz, The New York Review of Books, 6 June 2026
Verb
  • Oregon State’s players took the campaign a step further, petitioning state regulators for union representation and the right to bargain with their university.
    Eddie Brown, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Aug. 2026
  • Last month, California Coastkeeper Alliance and other nonprofit groups tried to expand the clean water protections statewide by petitioning six other regional water boards.
    Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 29 July 2026
Adjective
  • Ovington Gardens and Ovington Square are both lined with charming Victorian townhouses—one of which has just hit the market.
    Tori Latham, Robb Report, 5 Aug. 2026
  • An 8cm pile of true New Zealand wool gives this shag rug a charming bedhead quality.
    Julia Harrison, Architectural Digest, 5 Aug. 2026

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