as in to beg
to make a request to (someone) in an earnest or urgent manner
I conjure you to hear my plea for mercy
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Yes, that dream – the one conjured up by Martin Luther King Jr.
Three of those keepers – civil rights advocate Xernona Clayton, attorney Sherrilyn Ifill, and filmmaker Spike Lee – were on hand to shape the next generation of change-makers.
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Ken Makin, The Christian Science Monitor, 25 Oct. 2024
But there is one perennial tradition that conjures winter wonderment just as well: ice skating in the city’s Union Square.
—Randy McMullen, The Mercury News, 6 Nov. 2024
Watch on Deadline Full of disappointment, and with the weekend now all to themselves, they’re given a slim consolation prize… an opportunity to pitch a sequel idea early the next week, which leaves them with just days to conjure some inspiration for a career saving follow up.
—Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 4 Nov. 2024
Footage of gamers struggling to build simple structures, or watching elaborate builds conjured before their eyes, are like watching someone trapped in a cursed Minecraft that exists in purgatory, with players never able to see their efforts come together into something coherent.
—Dani Di Placido, Forbes, 3 Nov. 2024
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Ken Makin, The Christian Science Monitor, 25 Oct. 2024
But there is one perennial tradition that conjures winter wonderment just as well: ice skating in the city’s Union Square.
—Randy McMullen, The Mercury News, 6 Nov. 2024
Watch on Deadline Full of disappointment, and with the weekend now all to themselves, they’re given a slim consolation prize… an opportunity to pitch a sequel idea early the next week, which leaves them with just days to conjure some inspiration for a career saving follow up.
—Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 4 Nov. 2024
Footage of gamers struggling to build simple structures, or watching elaborate builds conjured before their eyes, are like watching someone trapped in a cursed Minecraft that exists in purgatory, with players never able to see their efforts come together into something coherent.
—Dani Di Placido, Forbes, 3 Nov. 2024
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“Conjure.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/conjure. Accessed 30 Nov. 2024.
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