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summoning

suh muh ning

  • n  calling up supposed supernatural forces by spells and incantations
  • v  call in an official matter, such as to attend court
  • v  ask to come
  • v  gather or bring together
  • v  make ready for action or use

  • She jilts him repeatedly summoning him to New York and then reneging on her offer of a place to stay, or forcing him to eat half the cost of a set of paintings he purchased .
  • Michael Neumann concurred: "It's odd that the motive of staying faithful to one's spouse doesn't occur to you as a reason for not summoning a call girl.
  • Ever since Papandreou divorced his wife of 38 years to wed his Mimi, she has come under fire for interfering in government, screening access to the Prime Minister and summoning .
News & Articles

  • First Listen: Mavis Staples, 'One True Vine'
    Produced by Wilco's Jeff Tweedy, One True Vine radiates reverence while summoning a slow burn well-suited to Staples' rich, dusky voice. Then, as the album blooms into something more celebratory, joy peeks through like slivers of sunshine.
    June 17, 2013 - NPR
  • Rickie Fowler knocks a solo shot
    Summoning a mightier offensive strike than some entire baseball teams, Rickie Fowler continued his descent in the standings with a long drive into one of the grand stands at Merion.
    June 16, 2013 - Philly.com
  • Aceves to start Wednesday; Mortensen on DL
    After a 14-inning win on Monday, the Red Sox brought in a fresh arm on Tuesday, summoning Jose De La Torre from Triple-A. De La Torre probably doesn't need to unpack, though, since Alfredo Aceves will be recalled to start Wednesday's game. To make room for De La Torre, the Sox placed Clayton Mortensen on the DL with a groin/hip ailment.
    June 11, 2013 - Boston Red Sox
Quotes

  • Susan Bysiewicz in TheDay
    We urgently need to step out of the mindset of competing interests and instead find common interests - summoning up the best instincts and efforts of humanity in a cooperative endeavour to build new international rules and institutions for the new... Gordon Brown http://www.google.com/url?q=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gordon_Brown&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNE-PFSKfa_9Cue9zTZuv_tG4sb9AQ InTheNews.co.uk http://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.inthenews.co.uk/news/autocodes/countries/united-states-america/gordon-brown-backs-special-relationship-in-us-speech-%241219388.htm&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNHS1XiPg1GjrXdX8OszyH8nhfV01w Apr 18, 2008 96414 127932 summoning After summoning the courage to defeat tyranny, you had courage and strength to change our country for the better," Bysiewicz told the fifty-plus veterans and a crowd of 250 people. "You did it without great fanfare - without seeking...
  • Simbarashe Mumbengegwi in Africasia
    This summoning to the ministry of foreign affairs constitutes the first warning to the US ambassador that any interference in Zimbabwe's internal affairs will not be tolerated,Foreign Minister Simbarashe Mumbengegwi said in a statement, two...

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