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evoke

[ih-vohk] / ɪˈvoʊk /


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These rooms powerfully evoke what Kaplan in the catalog calls America’s “restless forward motion, powered by the conviction that tomorrow’s design would solve today’s problems.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026

Ms. Kingsolver dramatizes it by way of a village recital, turning to music to evoke the feelings that straightforward exposition would heavy-handedly summarize.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026

Berridge says the ritual could produce a "dopamine hit and strong 'wanting', and also evoke faint conditioned 'liking'".

From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026

Nevertheless, the mere fact that their children would participate in a study examining the consequences of their 9/11 experiences appeared to evoke concerns among some parents.

From Slate ● Sep. 11, 2026

It did not pack the stands with twenty thousand people on a Friday night; it did not evoke any particular feelings of pride one way or another.

From "Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream" by H.G. Bissinger

Every work in the show evokes a memory for his daughters as well.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026

In its weather, its soundtrack and the haunted stare of Jake Gyllenhaal, it evokes the weeks after 9/11, even if it anticipated them.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026

The hostile Vegas spotlight, meanwhile, evokes memories of Benn senior's ferocious 1995 battle with Gerald McClellan.

From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026

What they’re seeing is pretty grim—a onetime superpower that no longer evokes much respect or fear.

From Slate ● Sep. 4, 2026

Composed in 1782, the sonata evokes the moon over calm, peaceful waters after the passing of a storm.

From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell

The scale and intensity of the crowds evoked a people yearning to lift their eyes above the storms and stresses of our age.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026

The extraordinary climax at Lahinch last Sunday, where GB&I won with the last putt of the match, evoked memories of the past three Solheim Cups staged in Europe.

From BBC ● Sep. 10, 2026

We’re looking back at the headbands, earrings, shoes, sunglasses and bags that evoked L.A. most — captured backstage by Image contributing photographer Tyler Matthew Oyer.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026

Still, Mr. Lee has wonderfully evoked the unmatched urgency of this period of childhood, when everything, from a footrace to a girl’s smile, feels like a matter of life and death.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026

That word evoked fear ever since the immigration raid in Tent City, a labor camp in Santa Maria where we sometimes lived.

From "The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child" by Francisco Jiménez

It is unusual to see a traveling exhibition at two venues—rarer still to find each setting evoking such a different facet of an artist’s sensibility.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026

“Interruptions are an indication that you’re winning,” said Tarlov, evoking the pithy chapter summaries in “I Disagree.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 14, 2026

With its surging choruses and humorous arias and recitatives, to say nothing of its jazzy harmonies and dance rhythms, it possesses an irresistible satiric edge while still evoking American certitude amid Cold War challenges.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 30, 2026

Starbucks Korea, with more than 2,000 stores nationwide, found itself embroiled in public uproar last month when it ran a "Tank Day" promotion evoking a deadly military crackdown on a 1980 pro-democracy uprising.

From Barron's ● Jun. 15, 2026

Their faces possessed the power of evoking in me a million memories that I longed to forget, and instead of my leaving drawing me to them in communion, it had flung me forever beyond them.

From "Black Boy" by Richard Wright




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