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summon

[suhm-uhn] / ˈsʌm ən /


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The Greek government said it had "never" been threatened or pressured, and the foreign ministry said it was "unnecessary" to summon Guilfoyle on the issue.

From Barron's ● Oct. 14, 2026

We have to summon what we think is important about being people, both for ourselves and for our kids.

From Slate ● Sep. 29, 2026

In Peru, the Senate recently voted unanimously to summon the foreign minister to explain what the country was committing to by joining the Shield of the Americas, and the extent of U.S. involvement.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 12, 2026

Captain Siya Kolisi has called on the Springboks to summon inspiration from Soweto's pivotal part in South Africa's history as they take on New Zealand on the edge of the Johannesburg township on Saturday.

From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026

Ama looks anxious, as if speaking about this will summon the horrors of the Eloko.

From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer

The FBI issued her a federal summons accusing her of assault on board.

From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026

According to the filing, attempts were made to serve Seaver with a summons on three separate occasions.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 12, 2026

But a change of address meant he missed a court summons, triggering a deportation order that ICE agents noticed.

From Slate ● Sep. 23, 2026

The following day, police sergeant Sidney Short served him with a summons.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 7, 2026

Kaede was working in the cliff garden when she received the summons.

From "Huntress" by Malinda Lo

FSB agents summoned the brigade’s deputy commander for questioning, as well as a soldier who had recorded a video later broadcast by Ukrainian and Western media.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

When Alma is summoned to a doctor’s office to learn about Elisabet’s malady, the space—like Elisabet’s room itself—is characterless and denuded of nearly all décor.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

Seoul had already summoned Kyiv's ambassador and threatened unspecified "further measures".

From Barron's ● Oct. 8, 2026

South Korea has summoned Ukraine's acting ambassador after President Volodymyr Zelensky last week announced his government had transferred two captured North Korean soldiers to Seoul.

From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2026

He tried to think of his father, his grandfather, his mother, of how they would call out, encourage him, love him, but they would not be summoned up.

From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell

Arms out, fingers splayed, she takes a comic-book summoning pose familiar from decades of mutant movies.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026

Listening to Xiu Xiu’s “Eraserhead” on a hot and stormy Friday afternoon is an atavistic summoning of the many gifts that David Lynch left us to remember him by.

From Salon ● Jul. 10, 2026

His considerable height, lean frame and beard only added to the sense that, at least in spirit, Mr. Glass has succeeded in summoning the man he so clearly venerates.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 7, 2026

India has also lodged a strong protest with Washington over the strike, summoning a senior US diplomat and calling for an end to attacks on commercial vessels in the region.

From BBC ● Jun. 12, 2026

But at that very moment a trumpet sounded, and a man came summoning him, the king’s esquire, to wait at the king’s board.

From "The Return of the King" by J.R.R. Tolkien


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