invoked

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When called back to testify, Fuhrman invoked the 5th Amendment, refusing to answer questions about whether he had manufactured evidence.

From Los Angeles Times • May 19, 2026

The bloc's decades-old Petroleum Security Agreement, for instance, a fuel-sharing scheme aimed at ensuring energy stability, has never been invoked and is purely voluntary.

From Barron's • May 7, 2026

Some hedge-fund managers say they couldn’t recall when the short-swing profit rule had last been invoked, even indicating uncertainty over how the mechanics of any disgorgement of applicable profits would be administered.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 29, 2026

"If Leo were irrelevant, he would not deserve a word. Instead, he is invoked, named, opposed - a sign that his words matter."

From BBC • Apr. 15, 2026

For myself, I sent a humble greeting to St. Medericus, the Hermit, w'ho is invoked against intestinal disorders.

From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole