summoned

Example Sentences

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He has been summoned to testify on June 2, and police have searched his offices and three unnamed companies, Spain's top criminal court said in a statement.

From Barron's • May 19, 2026

Bruccoleri is soon summoned inside Dyffryn Gardens, where one of the rooms has been transformed into a Regency ballroom.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 30, 2026

In a sign of the government effort to ensure the motion was rejected, Labour MPs campaigning in Scotland ahead of next week's elections were summoned back to Westminster.

From BBC • Apr. 28, 2026

The Chinese government in March summoned Xiao Hong and Ji Yichao, two co-founders of Manus, to Beijing to discuss the company’s compliance with foreign-investment rules.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 27, 2026

Many times in the past five years he’d wondered if he’d imagined the entire conversation with the mysterious woman the hospital chaplain had summoned.

From "The School for Whatnots" by Margaret Peterson Haddix