invoking

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The attorney general faults OpenAI for failing to put in place stricter rules to verify users' ages, invoking legal statutes on deception and negligence.

From Barron's • Jun. 1, 2026

But then he offers, again, both a hope and a prayer, invoking Renee Good’s last words, quoting John Lewis, and urging the audience to get into “good trouble”: “Say something! Do something! Help! Sing something!”

From Salon • May 28, 2026

Even so, Muzaffar Chishti of the Migration Policy Institute said that the executive branch has vast discretion in immigration law, particularly when invoking national security justifications, and defense attorneys may face an uphill battle.

From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2026

“They believe that they were the Middle Kingdom,” he says, invoking the Qing Dynasty.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026

One man may put it down to sun spots while another invoking the law of probabilities doesn’t believe it.

From "Cannery Row" by John Steinbeck