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evoke

[ih-vohk] / ɪˈvoʊk /


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A key feature already in place, hanging from the ceiling, is an array of steel clouds packed with concrete, designed to improve acoustics and evoke a sense of airiness.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026

Newbies will have to parse the gear thingy in the console, three controllers meant to evoke the gated shifters of yore.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 26, 2026

Berridge says the ritual could produce a "dopamine hit and strong 'wanting', and also evoke faint conditioned 'liking'".

From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026

Nevertheless, the mere fact that their children would participate in a study examining the consequences of their 9/11 experiences appeared to evoke concerns among some parents.

From Slate ● Sep. 11, 2026

They see the life and the feeling that Vincent meant to evoke, of real people, in a family, with faults, eating around a table, peasant life, real life, unromanticized.

From "Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers" by Deborah Heiligman

Weaving legend into history, Law evokes the “indescribable charm which invests all ancient and historic places.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026

She says the royals remain "highly vulnerable" to anything that evokes the story of a "beautiful princess whose life was cut short in such tragic and ambiguous circumstances".

From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026

In its weather, its soundtrack and the haunted stare of Jake Gyllenhaal, it evokes the weeks after 9/11, even if it anticipated them.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026

What they’re seeing is pretty grim—a onetime superpower that no longer evokes much respect or fear.

From Slate ● Sep. 4, 2026

The sewing kit wrapped in cheesecloth evokes the Byrnes’ grim home.

From "Orphan Train" by Christina Baker Kline

The scale and intensity of the crowds evoked a people yearning to lift their eyes above the storms and stresses of our age.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026

The extraordinary climax at Lahinch last Sunday, where GB&I won with the last putt of the match, evoked memories of the past three Solheim Cups staged in Europe.

From BBC ● Sep. 10, 2026

We’re looking back at the headbands, earrings, shoes, sunglasses and bags that evoked L.A. most — captured backstage by Image contributing photographer Tyler Matthew Oyer.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026

Marco Piemontese’s striking period costumes conjured the artists’ milieu, and Marcus Doshi’s lighting evoked both festivity and the tragedy of the ending.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026

She had evoked the town idealized by nostalgia with such strong tenacity that Gaston understood that she would not get married unless he took her to live in Macondo.

From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez

“Interruptions are an indication that you’re winning,” said Tarlov, evoking the pithy chapter summaries in “I Disagree.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 14, 2026

I had no idea what flavor the Cosmic Vibe one was evoking, beyond “red very sweet,” but by the time I’d finished it, I couldn’t have cared less.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026

Like Bierstadt, Church was not just stoking patriotic fervor, but also evoking divine providence as favoring the North’s cause.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 20, 2026

Starbucks Korea, with more than 2,000 stores nationwide, found itself embroiled in public uproar last month when it ran a "Tank Day" promotion evoking a deadly military crackdown on a 1980 pro-democracy uprising.

From Barron's ● Jun. 15, 2026

And so we would sometimes hum melodies evoking the gentle waters of the Jordan River and the majestic sanctity of Jerusalem.

From "Night" by Elie Wiesel




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