muster
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But the bloc has failed to muster the momentum that swept it to power four years ago.
From Barron's ● Sep. 8, 2026
When Joe Bauer is pressed to share his vision of a better world, all Wilson can muster is a mumbled plea to maybe read more books.
From Salon ● Sep. 6, 2026
The settlement still needs to pass muster with the judge who was overseeing the trial.
From Slate ● Aug. 26, 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
The steady, persistent mastery of math required more courage and endurance than that one night had demanded—more than he could muster on his own.
From "Tiger Boy" by Mitali Perkins
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But Romania, whether on or off the studio lot, only occasionally musters a decent impression of 19th century Virginia, reminding you, as “The Gray House” often does, that this is only a movie.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 26, 2026
"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
Both are longtime members of a local search and rescue team that musters after accidents to help find and dig out fatal avalanche victims.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 2, 2024
In addition to the fifty-four musters, or groups, in Elizabeth City proper there were sixteen resident beyond Hampton River.
From The First Seventeen Years: Virginia 1607-1624 by Charles E. Hatch
Would the Founders have mustered the courage to go through with the Declaration of Independence and agree on a Constitution?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 28, 2026
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
While previous opposition leaders mustered crowds of a few dozen if they ventured out of Budapest, Magyar attracts hundreds in villages, and thousands or tens of thousands in provincial urban Fidesz strongholds.
From BBC ● Apr. 3, 2026
But he mustered the strength to look through the family’s large photo album ahead of the U.S. championships and pick out several photos he brought to the competition.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 10, 2026
The flea market was good for records and autographs, but none of the angels mustered an appropriate howdy.
From "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris
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Camel number are kept in check by mustering, shooting and trapping at water points.
From Barron's ● Jun. 28, 2026
Crew members went to their rooms to grab essential belongings including life jackets and emergency gear before gathering at the mustering point.
From BBC ● Mar. 11, 2025
With a weak, unimaginative script by Zach Baylin and William Schneider doing him no favors, Skarsgård looks as lost as the pre-reborn Eric, never mustering enough mythic power.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 23, 2024
These were not easy conditions for mustering majority support.
From Slate ● Aug. 19, 2024
His father shut his eyes, mustering his strength.
From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver
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