evoke
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The BBC has obtained footage and interviews from Tehran which evoke a city of strained nerves, of constant waiting for the next blast and relentless fear of the state security apparatus.
From BBC • Mar. 17, 2026
Just enough to evoke boats and long coasts.
From Salon • Mar. 8, 2026
What follows in Polish filmmaker Jan Komasa’s blackly comic, unnerving thriller is clearly meant to evoke “Heel’s” more obedience-minded reading.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 6, 2026
The chord progression and clattery percussion on “Dead Women” evoke “Lay Lady Lay,” while Mitski’s song imagines someone pawing through her things after death, trying to uncover her secrets.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 24, 2026
Perhaps once he could evoke gales of laughter with a quip, but the sea had taken that power from him, along with half his wits and all his memory.
From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin
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