invoked

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The weather has not been severe enough for the heat policy to be invoked this year, but almost all the players have been using cooling mechanisms during matches.

From BBC • May 26, 2026

When called back to testify, Fuhrman invoked the 5th Amendment, refusing to answer questions about whether he had manufactured evidence.

From Los Angeles Times • May 19, 2026

Goolsbee said the analogy from the 1990s tech boom that Warsh and others have invoked “is a little harder for me to understand.”

From Barron's • May 9, 2026

Some hedge-fund managers say they couldn’t recall when the short-swing profit rule had last been invoked, even indicating uncertainty over how the mechanics of any disgorgement of applicable profits would be administered.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 29, 2026

Confused, the sheepherder invoked Saint Anthony’s aid, even though that saint possessed nowhere near Santa Inez’s power when it came to locating lost pets.

From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols