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summons

[suhm-uhnz] / ˈsʌm ənz /
NOUN
legal call
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NOUN
invocation
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The new summons, just weeks after Musk didn’t show up for a voluntary interview with French prosecutors, escalates a trans-Atlantic feud over France’s handling of its long-running probe of X.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 7, 2026

Bieber asks, and the trick of a song born from a branding problem is that it summons the sensation of endless ascent.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 16, 2026

Indonesia issued summons letters to Google and Meta over their failure to comply with a social media ban for under-16s that entered into force over the weekend, the communications minister said.

From Barron's • Mar. 31, 2026

On Wednesday, five Republicans, including Mace, and Representatives Lauren Boebert, Tim Burchett, Michael Cloud and Scott Perry, joined Democrats on the House Oversight committee to vote in favour of the subpoena or legal summons.

From BBC • Mar. 4, 2026

Each evening, without fail, he summons his courage and goes to the Nuevo Laredo city hall with a large plastic paint bucket and two rags.

From "Enrique's Journey" by Sonia Nazario




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