invoke
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When those visuals stoke outrage or invoke a deep-seated bias, onlookers are even more likely to engage.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 16, 2026
Shirin worries about a suspended prison sentence which the secret police could invoke at any time.
From BBC • May 10, 2026
The irony is that defenders of the president invoke just-war theory, which originates with St. Augustine’s efforts to reconcile Christian teaching with the use of force, to justify the U.S. military intervention.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 4, 2026
Tigers are so feared in Bangladesh's vast Sundarban mangroves that locals invoke spirits to protect against them.
From Barron's • Apr. 28, 2026
Lyra heard the Master say quietly, “If he forces a vote, we could try to invoke the residence clause. He hasn’t been resident in the College for thirty weeks out of the last fifty-two.”
From "The Golden Compass" by Philip Pullman
Vocabulary lists containing invoke
Latin Love, Vol I: vocare
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"The Odyssey," Vocabulary from Part 1 of the epic poem
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Abraham Lincoln's Second Inaugural Address (1865)
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