conjure

The original 1998 film hardly enchanted critics upon its debut, but went on to conjure a cult following that had kept hopes of a sequel alive ever since.

From Barron's ● Sep. 13, 2026

Mix together a beloved film simmering for decades, a sprinkling of social media hype and a generous glug of star power and you just might conjure up the long-awaited sequel to Practical Magic.

From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026

He might conjure up a protective bubble, let’s say, to shield a town from hostile aliens.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026

I started sobbing, losing my idea of a new marriage before I could even fully conjure it again.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026

“That’s the one. I know some folk who got stronger conjure than I do. Might be they can save our pilot if we can get her there in time.”

From "Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky" by Kwame Mbalia

From her dressing work for the likes of Ye and Don Toliver, to her brooding, textured paintings and sculptural vessels, she conjures beauty into something we can see and touch.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026

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

From BBC ● Aug. 2, 2026

To call his latest film a contemporary masterwork would be true, but there’s also no quantifying the magic McElwee conjures here, no comparing it to anything else.

From Salon ● Jul. 24, 2026

Our critic said the presentation “sets out to recast Moses as more complicated than the cheerful, childlike images her name conjures and as a legitimizer of self-taught art.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 5, 2026

The name conjures nothing in von Rumpel’s memory.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr

Neither was the impotence of the national team in the USA as they conjured up just one John McGinn goal.

From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2026

And on the very first hole, Stark conjured the shot of the competition so far, her approach to the green on the par four dropping straight into the cup for an eagle.

From Barron's ● Sep. 12, 2026

When remembering “Practical Magic,” Griffin Dunne’s 1998 silly-spooky witchy sister movie, the image immediately conjured has to be that of “midnight margaritas.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026

The memory, and the blissful obliviousness it conjured, became the image at the center of the title track.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 29, 2026

And then, as if I’ve conjured him myself, Nick appears at our table.

From "Leah on the Offbeat" by Becky Albertalli

With his team on the verge of elimination, Anthony Volpe launched what looked like a game-tying home run, conjuring the spirits that once seemed to make their presence felt around these parts every October.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026

As the reporter tries to arrange a meeting between the Iraqi family and the haunted Marine, the movie sticks to character rather than conjuring up Hollywood-style plot complications.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026

And conjuring up concerns about how the Olympics will operate when L.A. is supposed to open its arms to the world two years from now.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 22, 2026

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

She stared at him for a moment, then swayed alarmingly; Madam Pomfrey, who seemed to have pulled herself together, ran forward, conjuring a chair from thin air, which she pushed under McGonagall.

From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling