invocation
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The three movements include “an invocation to hands that weave”; “a meeting of foams, needles, songs, threats and pulsations”; and what Negrón calls “an archipelago of resonances and possibilities.”
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 3, 2026
While neither of the “Devil Wears Prada” movies revolve around Christianity, the invocation of the devil taps into an older moral rhetoric.
From Salon • May 17, 2026
Before she headed to the locker room, Burrell thanked everyone and called out a cheerful invocation, “Successful first game!”
From Los Angeles Times • May 13, 2026
In a very modern invocation of the swords-to-plowshares principle, he has evidently told Ukrainian officials that its demobbed soldiers could soon be earning Silicon Valley-level salaries operating American data centers in the country.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 1, 2025
It was a simple invocation of hope, a call to persist.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
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