evoke
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What Israeli filmmaker Nadav Lapid is out to evoke is bone-deep submission: the kind of total capitulation and surrender that makes a person unrecognizable even to themselves.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026
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
Just enough to evoke boats and long coasts.
From Salon • Mar. 8, 2026
The chord progression and clattery percussion on “Dead Women” evoke “Lay Lady Lay,” while Mitski’s song imagines someone pawing through her things after death, trying to uncover her secrets.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 24, 2026
“But let’s take it one step at a time. Find the least dangerous situation that can evoke some spontaneity in you.”
From "Mockingjay" by Suzanne Collins
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