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daydreamed

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past tense of daydream

as in dreamed

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Having once dreamed a modern India would be able to move past divisions of religion and caste, Jinnah became disillusioned.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 3 Sep. 2026
Brooks, in particular, Panthers fans have dreamed about for years.

— Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 2 Sep. 2026

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Rewind to 1953, and commercial artist Harry Birdsall fantasized about building a luxury convertible coupe in Harley Earl’s style, but one that could actually be purchased.

— Howard Walker, Robb Report, 31 Aug. 2026
There was always a small part of him that fantasized about leaving it all behind and going to live off the grid.

— Steven Rowley, PEOPLE, 3 June 2026

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That means his path to the Dodgers’ postseason roster will likely be as a left-handed bat off the bench, essentially the role the club envisioned for Dalton Rushing before his most recent IL stint.

— Fabian Ardaya, New York Times, 16 Sep. 2026
The rocket was always envisioned to have a reusable first stage, though making that happen took a while.

— Mike Wall, Space.com, 16 Sep. 2026

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Fraser’s sculptures at the Whitney realize, in three dimensions, the sacrifice that de Monteflores’s paintings had visualized decades earlier.

— Carmen Rosenberg-Miller, Artforum, 6 Aug. 2026
And Russia’s true position – and with it Putin’s dilemma – can be visualized in a split screen of competing perspectives.

— Nick Paton Walsh, CNN Money, 6 July 2026

Definition of visualized

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Few could have imagined then, just how far women’s boxing would travel, carried high on Taylor’s shoulders, over the next 17 years.

— Sarah Shephard, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2026
The conceit — Monroe imagined at the century mark, walking into an audition and finally allowed to speak her mind — arrived nearly whole.

— Clayton Davis, Variety, 5 Sep. 2026

Definition of imagined

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Guadagnino comes at Bertolucci from many angles, even claiming to have fancied him as a younger man, but facts and figures don’t really seem to enter into his concept of biography.

— Damon Wise, Deadline, 9 Sep. 2026
Speaking of singing pirates, Curry clearly fancied these kinds of roles, signing on to play the villainous Long John Silver in Muppet Treasure Island (1996), Brian Henson’s musical adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson’s classic novel.

— ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 26 Aug. 2026

Definition of fancied

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Biennale College Cinemas was conceived 15 years ago by Venice chief Alberto Barbera in tandem with Torino Film Lab topper Savina Neirotti, who heads the unique Venice initiative.

— Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 5 Sep. 2026
Both Hitler and Mussolini conceived grand projects for mass auto production with VW at Wolfsburg and Fiat at Mirafiori.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 4 Sep. 2026

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