evoked

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Adams is a curious sort, a player Clarke cherishes but who has never evoked major support among the Tartan Army.

From BBC • Jun. 6, 2026

The company has faced outrage in South Korea for promoting a line of coffee cups with a campaign that evoked a deadly crackdown on a 1980 pro-democracy uprising.

From Barron's • May 26, 2026

Abraham Lincoln, for instance, evoked a biblical passage to frame the preamble’s emphasis on equality as a foundational American concept.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026

Authorities allege in their brief that he was stewing over being in the neighborhood of his ex-lover and listening to a French rap song that evoked images of fire in its music video.

From Los Angeles Times • May 4, 2026

“The magic I evoked fifteen years ago means that Harry has powerful protection while he can still call this house ‘home.’

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