Example Sentences

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The move came as French officials said they were summoning Musk, former X Chief Executive Linda Yaccarino and other employees in April for what they described as voluntary interviews.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 3, 2026

Germany, Sweden and Finland said they were summoning the Russian ambassadors in their capitals.

From BBC • Feb. 19, 2024

Also in 1968, robed devotees were summoning Baphomet on Salisbury Plain in Hammer classic The Devil Rides Out.

From The Guardian • Jun. 25, 2018

But Schumann’s fourth symphony maintained the standards set in the Salonen piece, from the early, melting horn chords that sounded as if they were summoning the future, and Wagner.

From Washington Post • Jun. 2, 2016

It wasn’t her abuela the spirits were summoning.

From "Shadowshaper" by Daniel José Older