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I also realized pretty much everyone looked nothing like what I had pictured, which could be what some participants experience after seeing the person they’re supposed to very quickly marry for the first time.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 22, 2025

She initially had pictured a blue kitchen, but the outside of her house already is blue, and she has blue wallpaper in another room.

From Seattle Times Oct. 20, 2023

Annita Twongyeirwe had pictured a different future for herself.

From BBC Sep. 18, 2022

Of course, it's a documentary — a story about my friend — so that was where I had pictured it myself, but to see it spread among three categories is pretty amazing.

From Salon Mar. 18, 2022

I had pictured her smiling as she had smiled last night, cruel and evil.

From "Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier