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call forth

British  

verb

  1. (tr, adverb) to cause (something) to come into action or existence

    she called forth all her courage
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Those are words that penetrate, ones that recollect certain names and call forth our senses.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 10, 2026

There were acrobats and athletes; there was H.E.R. strutting mid-stage making her guitar growl as if you call forth Prince’s spirit.

From Salon • Feb. 12, 2024

Kushner’s ability to call forth those family quarrels within liberalism — their endlessness, their passion — may ultimately be what marks him as a great New York voice.

From New York Times • Nov. 30, 2021

Just as with the Earthshot Prize the aim is to call forth "insights, flashes of genius and ideas" from wherever they can.

From BBC • Oct. 8, 2020

I nodded silently, too scared of this Apostle of the Occult to call forth my voice, and headed for the door.

From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan

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