imagine
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If he wasn’t one of the world’s top 1% of hoopers, imagine him in court instead of on the court; he’d be a bulldog: Objection!
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 24, 2026
Visit open houses and imagine your life outside of this house, including during Thanksgiving and visits from your grandkids.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 24, 2026
Just six months into his mayoral term, it is hard to imagine Guillaume Guérin having a more momentous week.
From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2026
It’s disarming and occasionally exhausting, but that’s the point: If such repetitive heaviness is difficult for the viewer, imagine how it is for the person experiencing it.
From Salon ● Oct. 23, 2026
I can’t imagine that I’ll sleep much tonight.
From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler
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The figure helps introduce the exhibition’s exploration of humanity’s relationship to nature; Albuquerque imagines the character as the maker of her landscape projects and considers her an alter ego.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2026
But one imagines that, somewhere between the second and third hundred, a person would pause to ask, “You sure you want 260 nuggets, hon?”
From Salon ● Oct. 11, 2026
He imagines Meta has been working on the camera-free glasses for several years, and the current backlash over privacy provides "fantastic timing" for their release.
From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026
“Hands Upon the Wheel” imagines stealing her daddy’s car and taking off down the road—but this is not Bruce Springsteen’s “Born to Run.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026
Non-milk drinkers, one imagines, would be less likely to work at domesticating milk-giving animals.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
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"It's good money, but honestly, the feeling of doing something this futuristic is what keeps me excited. I never imagined my razor techniques would be useful to a global tech company," says Ashim.
From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2026
"I never imagined I'd have to be digging a well, just as I never imagined I'd have to be cooking with coal or installing solar panels," he said.
From Barron's ● Oct. 21, 2026
The novel then launches into the curator’s imagined chronicle of the medieval era.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026
“It’s funny because being a musician is just about the last thing I ever imagined I would do.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 15, 2026
I imagined I could see the trolls in The Eastern Woods, slurping sludge and maybe eating apples.
From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff
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But are the 70% of Americans who are dissatisfied with higher ed also imagining?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026
This is the problem with imagining hospitality as another task that can be optimized.
From Salon ● Oct. 11, 2026
She may also have to devote precious time to the practical task of showcasing the condo for sale, and emptying years of living that would prevent a buyer from imagining themselves living there.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 25, 2026
Maybe I’m imagining things, but considering that the performances of both teams were equally awful, everyone is really blasting the Chargers while making lots of excuses for the Rams.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2026
I couldn’t tell if it was real or I was imagining it.
From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler
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