beckoned

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Fresh from declaring a "new dawn" beckoned for Wales but unable to get into his Cardiff flat late at night, ap Iorwerth then spent the evening in the budget hotel chain's modest surroundings.

From BBC • May 15, 2026

She raised their two sons in the African bush until serious schooling finally beckoned them back to the U.S.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026

The hot springs beckoned only 3½ miles away.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 28, 2025

As the Moscow-Kaliningrad train approached Lithuania, the car attendant beckoned to passengers in Russian: "I'm closing the entire carriage, the toilets are out of action."

From Barron's • Oct. 29, 2025

He went where the man beckoned and stood near his chair, noticing the scent of cologne that emanated from him.

From "The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage" by Philip Pullman