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calling forth

NOUN
evocation
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The Constitution—which I do think still matters—gives Congress the power “to provide for calling forth the militia to execute the laws of the union, suppress insurrections and repel invasions.”

From Slate Oct. 10, 2025

And O’Connell punches it into a banger, without question, calling forth an electricity that can only come from one man's blood memory, Remmick's.

From Salon May 2, 2025

“It is not calling forth a higher moral principle, it is being sneaky and dishonest.”

From New York Times Jan. 12, 2024

Germany’s woes are calling forth comparisons with the late 1990s, when high labor costs held back the country’s competitiveness.

From Seattle Times Jul. 28, 2023

Their faces seemed so old, so dark, calling forth overworked cliches about the earth and the sky and the wind.

From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols




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