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evoke

[ih-vohk] / ɪˈvoʊk /


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The BBC has obtained footage and interviews from Tehran which evoke a city of strained nerves, of constant waiting for the next blast and relentless fear of the state security apparatus.

From BBC • Mar. 17, 2026

It’s meant to evoke a different feel than what he described as bleak correctional settings marked by dirt fields and high walls.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 8, 2026

Just enough to evoke boats and long coasts.

From Salon • Mar. 8, 2026

What follows in Polish filmmaker Jan Komasa’s blackly comic, unnerving thriller is clearly meant to evoke “Heel’s” more obedience-minded reading.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 6, 2026

It is this sort of revolution, a revolution of unintended consequences and unforeseen outcomes, that Butterfield intended to evoke by the term ‘the Scientific Revolution’.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton




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