invocation
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“The invocation of national security is not a magic incantation that suspends the rule of law,” they added.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026
Varun Soni, USC’s dean of religious and spiritual life, delivered the ceremony’s invocation.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2026
Despite a halfhearted invocation of those words here, nearly every scene of the movie is a disappointment.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 21, 2026
Garbus’ invocation of Aaron Spelling’s prime-time soap in her title can’t be accidental.
From Salon ● Mar. 14, 2026
When I chuckled at the older woman’s invocation of the parable, she laughed, too.
From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson
Often, the invocations of doubling and role swapping seem hypothetical.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026
We’ve had somewhere around 30 invocations of the statute across American history.
From Slate ● Jan. 16, 2026
The event included interfaith invocations, musical performances and block party-style celebrations along Broadway’s “Canyon of Heroes,” drawing attention to the city’s cultural and political diversity.
From Salon ● Jan. 1, 2026
Comparisons to the late-1990s dot-com bubble abound, as do invocations of the crash that followed.
From Barron's ● Oct. 23, 2025
They spoke of finding-spells, and invocations, and those Answerable Questions which only the Master Patterner of Roke can ask.
From "A Wizard of Earthsea" by Ursula K. Le Guin
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