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The word superstore might conjure up a shop at least the size of Walmart, if not Walmart Supercenter.

From Slate ● Aug. 14, 2026

A woman who limits her exercise to Pilates will still have to subsist on very little food to get the delicate, bone-thin look these men conjure with the “Pilates girl” image.

From Salon ● Aug. 5, 2026

"I had hoped that Nolan's affinity with these Homeric themes might push him to new creative heights, and enable him to conjure more believable characters," she wrote.

From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2026

The re-created history, which is where many historical documentaries fail, looks good, and the scenes the writers conjure up are well done, if verging sometimes on melodrama.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 22, 2026

John could find the Msaidizi, but for you to talk to his ghost, I’d have to conjure him.

From "The Manifestor Prophecy" by Angie Thomas

Watching Xabi Alonso coach his Chelsea team conjures flashbacks of his playing days at Liverpool and Real Madrid.

From BBC ● Aug. 2, 2026

The phrase "American dream" was coined in the 1930s and often conjures up images of suburban families, solid jobs and beach vacations.

From Barron's ● Jul. 1, 2026

The West Hollywood clam shack conjures Rhode Island on the West Coast, be it with clams of all kinds, lobster cooked just right or oysters treated with reverence.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 23, 2026

It conjures something overly marinated, vaguely limp, sitting in the back of a deli case.

From Salon ● May 5, 2026

It conjures up our college prospects, growing older, getting a real job—our future.

From "Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel" by Harlan Coben

But the focus was the music itself on Friday, and the ragtag roster of artists that fully conjured it.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 11, 2026

Then once more, at the behest of RCA Records, to Bonnie Tyler — a name she conjured up by mixing and matching names she read in a local newspaper.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 9, 2026

It set up an absorbing final quarter, and after Love's penalty pushed the All Blacks' lead out to four, Jordan conjured another clutch finish after a neat Luke Jacobsen offload.

From BBC ● Jul. 4, 2026

Within an hour, I conjured a performance review, a project postmortem and a meal plan engineered to satisfy a picky toddler and use up every veggie in my fridge.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 19, 2026

Once I’d conjured up that sobering image, I was able to focus on my situation, and the question at hand: What was she doing here?

From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline

In a World Cup where the boffins with their big brainy heads and their super computers are working overtime on who might play who in the last 32, there are other calculations worth conjuring with.

From BBC ● Jun. 21, 2026

Teddy Thompson possesses one of those voices, a golden, vivid instrument capable of conjuring joy — though not in excess; he’s English — and caverns of heartache.

From Salon ● May 15, 2026

Dahl made his fortune by tapping into the delight children take in being frightened, conjuring worlds where evil lurks, often in human form.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 24, 2026

Porkalob wholly immerses herself in the world she’s conjuring.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 17, 2026

As sweet as the evening air, this talk moved through and round her, conjuring a world of good intentions and pleasant outcomes.

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan