imagine
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Quite obviously, this was as pure an endorsement of self-regulation as even an AI bot could imagine.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2026
"To explain it, imagine a mug and a doughnut," he said.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 13, 2026
It is hard to imagine any book rendering this scene more vividly than the cinematic version, but Mr. Levin has managed the task with panache.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 12, 2026
"I could only imagine the pressure on Martin O'Neill - I know what it's like in Glasgow if you are beaten by Rangers twice," former Scotland defender Willie Miller said.
From BBC ● Oct. 11, 2026
Torak could barely imagine how he’d brought himself to track them through the demon-haunted Forest; to brave the wrath of the Spirit by venturing up the trail.
From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver
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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
He looks beyond her garden to the nest out in the field, barely able to see its shape from this far away, but he imagines it already in the educational room at the sanctuary.
From "A Bird Will Soar" by Alison Green Myers
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When his elbow healed, he dominated at the plate and on the mound in ways not even Babe Ruth could have imagined.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 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
A common trait I’ve found among repeat champions is a prominent chip on their shoulder, from slights both real and imagined, often nurtured for decades.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026
Patricia Harmon, an Army veteran who was awaiting the return of her sailor son, said she imagined that life aboard the ship had been hard.
From Barron's ● Oct. 8, 2026
My whole body tensed as I imagined what that would be like, sitting beside him in the dark, our breaths fogging on the crisp air.
From "Bye Forever, I Guess" by Jodi Meadows
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The only thing Mr. Yass is imagining is a future in which college and university presidents work with visionary philanthropists like him for the good of our country.
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
You increase it through metacognition, through imagining multiple possible explanations, and through experimenting in small ways that let you learn without losing everything.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 15, 2026
A boy from Watts stares at the ocean, imagining ancient Greek boats sailing across the Pacific and his father in a toga and sneakers, proudly hoisting a trident.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026
He tried imagining meeting other Holy Beings, from the Warrior Twins era, from the Changing Woman era, from the First Coyote era.
From "Healer of the Water Monster" by Brian Young
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