invoked

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As far as I know, there is no handy accounting of how many times his name was invoked in bits over the years; let’s call it a lot.

From Salon

“It is also telling that in IEEPA’s half century of existence, no president has invoked the statute to impose any tariffs, let alone tariffs of this magnitude and scope,” the ruling continues.

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Jackson invoked the struggle for workers’ rights, the coal mining strikes, what it meant to go without.

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Over the weekend, Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi invoked Japan's World War Two history of aggression while addressing Western leaders at the Munich Security Conference, and called Takaichi's remarks a "very dangerous development".

From BBC

Maxwell invoked her Fifth Amendment rights and vowed to speak only if granted clemency, meaning either a commuted sentence or a presidential pardon.

From Salon