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Synonyms

conjure up

British  

verb

  1. to present to the mind; evoke or imagine

    he conjured up a picture of his childhood

  2. to call up or command (a spirit or devil) by an incantation

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The company first previewed Sora to the world two years ago, showing dreamlike landscapes conjured up by the technology that invoked the fantastical worlds of Hayao Miyazaki, or perhaps the surrealism of Salvador Dalí.

From The Wall Street Journal

Just because the strident crunch of Freya Ridings' recent singles conjures up images of a medieval army riding into battle, that doesn't mean she's a warrior queen blessed with bottomless self-confidence.

From BBC

Not so long ago, tattered old maps of Africa’s most remote mining regions would conjure up images of Allan Quatermain cutting his way deep into the jungle in search of King Solomon’s Mines.

From The Wall Street Journal

Her vivid imagination would "conjure up the worse eventualities".

From BBC

Well, France and England in Paris conjured up just that.

From BBC