conjure up
Britishverb
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to present to the mind; evoke or imagine
he conjured up a picture of his childhood
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to call up or command (a spirit or devil) by an incantation
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Mix together a beloved film simmering for decades, a sprinkling of social media hype and a generous glug of star power and you just might conjure up the long-awaited sequel to Practical Magic.
From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026
He might conjure up a protective bubble, let’s say, to shield a town from hostile aliens.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
Maybe Golden State could conjure up some magic in a playoff series — but over an 82-game regular-season marathon?
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 22, 2026
There are 100 feasible readings of Żuławski’s film, and just when those all seem to make sense, you could conjure up a 101st.
From Salon ● Jul. 17, 2026
So little did I know her that, while details of her face sometimes rose to my memory, I could not conjure up the whole of it.
From "Interpreter of Maladies" by Jhumpa Lahiri
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