invoked

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After the firefighters testified over the course of three weeks, city attorneys invoked a general protective order that any party in the litigation can designate testimony as confidential for up to 30 days.

From Los Angeles Times

As far as I know, there is no handy accounting of how many times his name was invoked in bits over the years; let’s call it a lot.

From Salon

“It is also telling that in IEEPA’s half century of existence, no president has invoked the statute to impose any tariffs, let alone tariffs of this magnitude and scope,” the ruling continues.

From Salon

Jackson invoked the struggle for workers’ rights, the coal mining strikes, what it meant to go without.

From Salon

Over the weekend, Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi invoked Japan's World War Two history of aggression while addressing Western leaders at the Munich Security Conference, and called Takaichi's remarks a "very dangerous development".

From BBC