invoked
Example Sentences
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While B.P.J. invoked Bostock, “Title VII concerns employment, whereas Title IX as relevant here focuses on sports. The two factual contexts are vastly different,” Justice Kavanaugh writes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 30, 2026
Both invoked their human rights under article eight of the European Convention on Human Rights - the right to a private and family life - to avoid deportation.
From BBC ● Jun. 30, 2026
Though planners invoked the nation’s “Judeo-Christian” heritage, most religious leaders at the event came from the evangelical Christian tradition.
From Salon ● Jun. 29, 2026
Hemani reminds courts that analogies are not self-executing and must be tested, not merely invoked.
From Slate ● Jun. 26, 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
