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Plain and cursed with spectacles, Mary’s on a speed train to spinsterhood when her relatives summon her to London, where suitors await.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 26, 2026

A legislature can summon everyone a rule will touch, balance competing interests and revise the law as the evidence turns.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 19, 2026

Gustavo Arellano writes that ‘the Dodgers need to summon the moral courage of their past and once again set an example others can follow.’

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 24, 2026

The WHO chief and Brazil's president on Monday urged the G7 to summon the "courage" to finish the international treaty on handling future pandemics.

From Barron's ● Jun. 15, 2026

Her dyedushka was the only one of them who could summon or send the hawk because, like Papa, Dyedka had animal magic.

From Anya and the Nightingale by Sofiya Pasternack

Grandma summons Sybylla to her splendid Caddagat specifically to find a husband.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026

This includes a charge or summons, a caution, the offender dying, a penalty notice or cannabis warning being issued, a community resolution or where the offence is taken into account with other crimes.

From BBC ● Jun. 18, 2026

Victoria Gerrard is another wheelchair user who recently received a jury summons.

From BBC ● Jun. 14, 2026

If “Masters of the Universe” tanks, here’s hoping Galitzine summons the strength to dig himself out of the rubble.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 3, 2026

An hour later, Meriyn presented himself in file Royal Chamber, in answer to a summons which had been delivered by a page.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White

Most journalists we spoke to said they had been summoned or questioned by the Taliban's intelligence organisation, Estikhbaraat.

From BBC ● Aug. 24, 2026

On Thursday, Australia expressed outrage at the closure of the investigation and summoned Israel's ambassador to the country.

From Barron's ● Aug. 21, 2026

He was being summoned because he was being sued by Midland Credit Management for $3,466.63 in defaulted credit card debt.

From Slate ● Aug. 20, 2026

Chinese leader Xi Jinping last year summoned dozens of leaders from the nation’s top private companies to a rare meeting, calling on them to help China navigate economic difficulties.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 16, 2026

He and the other members of Stalin’s inner circle would be summoned to Stalin’s home.

From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin

At Ojai, Lewis wistfully performed the solo prelude off in Libbey Park shrubbery as if a dallying forest spirit summoning ghosts of festivals past.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 23, 2026

Meanwhile, when he was their age, young Giles, nicknamed Ripper, terrorized London by summoning hell spawn for fun.

From Salon ● Jun. 12, 2026

India has also lodged a strong protest with Washington over the strike, summoning a senior US diplomat and calling for an end to attacks on commercial vessels in the region.

From BBC ● Jun. 12, 2026

“When he’s on,” the late critic Stanley Crouch wrote, he “seems immense, summoning the entire history of jazz, capable of blowing a hole through a wall.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 26, 2026

I thought about the Iris-message I’d seen of Nico summoning spirits.

From "The Battle of the Labyrinth" by Rick Riordan