convene
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The two sides will convene for two days, Oct.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026
Bruna Subashi, an energetic woman in her 40s, asked to convene in a luridly pink dessert parlor on Vlore’s waterfront called Big Scoop.
From Slate ● Sep. 8, 2026
“National leaders should convene economists, technologists, labor experts, business leaders and workers themselves regularly to identify where existing institutions are failing and what new authorities may be needed,” he continued.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 26, 2026
Well in advance of the looming 2032 deadline, Congress and the administration should convene a bipartisan commission to produce balanced proposals for stabilizing the system.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026
The sun sets and we convene for what I’m anticipating to be the most awkward dinner of my life.
From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman
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Gay will have three more Championship matches to further press his case before England's hierarchy convenes to pick their squad for the first Test of the summer against New Zealand on 4 June.
From BBC ● Apr. 28, 2026
On Thursdays, he convenes an interagency discussion of the latest threats.
From Salon ● Apr. 22, 2026
Don Guinnip convenes his siblings at the farm in mid-October.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 15, 2026
A combined house majority of MPs will elect the president after parliament convenes in March.
From Barron's ● Jan. 26, 2026
Jackson is outraged, orders a court-martial which never convenes.
From "The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War" by Michael Shaara
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He made the comments at a summit he had convened at Dumfries House in Scotland to discuss how the tech can be used to benefit society.
From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026
But there were others, including New York Tech Meetup, which convened some 800 people monthly, as well as dedicated groups for women in the industry.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026
Nepali police say they have convened a 10-member committee to look into these online comments.
From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2026
President Xi Jinping convened an emergency meeting on aid efforts, and Premier Li Qiang travelled to Tibet in the immediate aftermath.
From Barron's ● Sep. 3, 2026
A year later a secret conference of scientists is convened to debate the dimming of the sun, which many now believe presents an imminent threat to life on Earth.
From "We Are the Ants" by Shaun David Hutchinson
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Not long ago, Mr. Threadgill began convening repertory ensembles to play material from his earlier groups.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026
But “The Real Food Show” cannot recommend a salad dressing without first convening a tribunal.
From Salon ● Aug. 5, 2026
A duo for the ages is convening once again.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 16, 2026
On Friday, the appeal court said Manele must take steps before noon on Tuesday to facilitate convening parliament so lawmakers sit by May 7.
From Barron's ● May 1, 2026
Whenever the Parliament clashed with their monarch, the king would get his way by suddenly convening Parliament in a remote, unreachable part of the country.
From "An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793" by Jim Murphy
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"To Kill a Mockingbird" by Harper Lee, Chapters 16–19
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