muster
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Behind Paramount’s pivot is a desperate scramble to bolster its legal case and muster funds to help finance a deal Warner shareholders approved in April.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026
In a memo to staff after hitting pause last week, Ellison said the deal had passed muster in 65 jurisdictions globally, a sign that it wasn’t anticompetitive.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 1, 2026
They need only ensure that the commission cannot muster four votes.
From Slate ● Jul. 13, 2026
All eyes will be on whether an alternative candidate can muster the required support to challenge Burnham, nicknamed the "King of the North" for winning three consecutive Greater Manchester mayoral elections.
From Barron's ● Jul. 9, 2026
Bull ordered his son to dress on the double, to meet him at a muster formation in the kitchen, or be put on report.
From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy
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"Even a cinematic maestro occasionally musters up a misfire," the Razzies said, in a press release announcing Coppola's win.
From BBC ● Feb. 28, 2025
And as is also his way, he musters up one big swing that cracks harder than all the rest.
From Salon ● Oct. 16, 2024
Tellingly, it’s only after Adam has his first ghostly visitation with his parents that he musters the courage to seek out a sobered-up Harry.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 20, 2023
To keep things on a cosmic scale, Messiaen musters a solo piano part of concerto-level difficulty and variety.
From New York Times ● Mar. 19, 2023
That Friday gang probably musters a hundred by this time.
From A Trooper Galahad by Charles King
Both Musk and OpenAI have mustered high-dollar legal armies who are prepared to wage potentially years of litigation, including this federal trial.
From Slate ● Apr. 30, 2026
But against Wedgewood, the Kings have mustered little offense of their own, scoring just four times — three times on the power play and once off Moore’s leg.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 24, 2026
The Hammers hold the unwanted record of the most points achieved by a relegated side - the 42 they mustered in 2002-03 was not enough to spare them from the drop.
From BBC ● Apr. 20, 2026
I mustered my best keystroke maestro and pushed the limits of my texting speed.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 29, 2026
Back in Washington, D.C., the Public Allies founders had mustered a fledgling class of fifteen Allies who were working in various organizations around the city.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
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A couple of young women stood for a long time holding a bunch of flowers, mustering the courage to venture through the crowd towards the table.
From Barron's ● Jan. 1, 2026
Or foolhardy when this is a moment when she ought to be mustering as much authority as she can?
From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2025
I’m not sure we have an adequate process for mustering the necessary social wherewithal.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 14, 2025
These were not easy conditions for mustering majority support.
From Slate ● Aug. 19, 2024
And so despondently Merry now stood and watched the mustering of the army.
From "The Return of the King" by J.R.R. Tolkien
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