imagine
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"Man, imagine 10, 15, 20 years to come, what we going to have," Duwai said after a fishing trip one night yielded only tiny, juvenile fish.
From Barron's ● Oct. 17, 2026
"In the case of Abu Dhabi, you would imagine that they wouldn't have any problem accessing funds from elsewhere as well," Leech said.
From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2026
Well, it would be hard to imagine any observer, in the years before World War I when they began to appear, declaring that they had no personality.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026
Perimenopause’s journey from little-understood phase before menopause to the subject of every ad on social media for women of a certain age was quick—and impossible to imagine without the internet.
From Slate ● Oct. 16, 2026
I could not imagine what would make them do such things.
From "An Elephant in the Garden" by Michael Morpurgo
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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
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
I am not the fan that the NFL pictures when it imagines its fans.
From Salon ● Sep. 9, 2026
This “crystal-like organ of extraordinary potency,” Rudhyar imagines, has thousands of knobs, each one “tuned to the fundamental tone of a star.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
Marie-Laure sits at the square table, a plate of cookies in front of her, and imagines the old women with veiny hands and milky eyes and oversize ears.
From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr
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“They certainly would never have imagined, as international students, that this day could possibly come,” Kim said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026
"We never imagined they were armed," said one of the people interviewed.
From Barron's ● Oct. 16, 2026
“As her head of security for more than two decades, a role my father Larry held before me, I have imagined the heaviness of this moment but haven’t truly felt it til now.”
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 12, 2026
Many made massive bets on popular tech names such as Tesla, Alphabet or Palantir—and, as the artificial-intelligence rally blew past record after record, got richer than they ever imagined.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2026
First I imagined that it was a minivan.
From "Firegirl" by Tony Abbott
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A third disc, “The Stranger in the House,” finds Costello imagining another potential career for himself as a professional songwriter.
From Salon ● Oct. 14, 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
Moreover, one reason for all the imagining from without is the paucity of figuration from within Sunni Islam.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 12, 2026
I was imagining concrete floors and mice skittering about, but the sofa bed is unfolded and covered with a thick quilt.
From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller
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