imagined

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"But discovering a necropolis of this scale was completely unexpected: the size of distribution, the depth and the age range were far beyond anything we had imagined," Xiaotong Peng said.

From Barron's • Jun. 10, 2026

Today’s graduates face education costs that consume years of earnings while carrying debt their grandparents never imagined.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 9, 2026

When Iran qualified for the World Cup on 25 March 2025, few could have imagined the challenges that lay ahead.

From BBC • Jun. 7, 2026

The writer-director’s 2022 feature debut, “Plan 75,” imagined an unsettling future in which the elderly are offered a subsidy by the government to be euthanized.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 2026

This is more like the reunion I imagined, full of apologies and tears and hugs that don’t last long enough.

From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller