conjuring
Britishnoun
adjective
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With his team on the verge of elimination, Anthony Volpe launched what looked like a game-tying home run, conjuring the spirits that once seemed to make their presence felt around these parts every October.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026
At its headquarters in the West Midlands of the U.K., designers were tasked with conjuring up a sleek silhouette that engineers had to transform into a viable machine.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026
“Widow’s Bay,” leaning into comedy, goes old school, conjuring familiar spectres that knowingly nod to “Jaws,” “Psycho,” the canonical works of King and John Carpenter, and other touchstones of cultural anxiety.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026
In a World Cup where the boffins with their big brainy heads and their super computers are working overtime on who might play who in the last 32, there are other calculations worth conjuring with.
From BBC ● Jun. 21, 2026
I don’t know much about roots and conjuring, just that you’re not supposed to disturb the dead.
From "The Manifestor Prophecy" by Angie Thomas
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