invocation
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"The empty invocation of national security is not a blank check to punish and retaliate against government critics," Judge Rita Lin said in a 59-page decision seen by AFP.
From Barron's ● Aug. 28, 2026
“The invocation of national security is not a magic incantation that suspends the rule of law,” they added.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026
He has a well-documented history of trafficking in conspiracy theories himself, which made his ambiguous invocation of federal involvement a kind of implicit validation to conspiracy theorists that there might be more to the story.
From Salon ● Jul. 13, 2026
While neither of the “Devil Wears Prada” movies revolve around Christianity, the invocation of the devil taps into an older moral rhetoric.
From Salon ● May 17, 2026
It was a simple invocation of hope, a call to persist.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
Often, the invocations of doubling and role swapping seem hypothetical.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026
The event included interfaith invocations, musical performances and block party-style celebrations along Broadway’s “Canyon of Heroes,” drawing attention to the city’s cultural and political diversity.
From Salon ● Jan. 1, 2026
Comparisons to the late-1990s dot-com bubble abound, as do invocations of the crash that followed.
From Barron's ● Oct. 23, 2025
The extent to which this testimony negates the negative legal inferences one could draw from his first round of Fifth Amendment privilege invocations remains to be seen.
From Slate ● May 11, 2023
They spoke of finding-spells, and invocations, and those Answerable Questions which only the Master Patterner of Roke can ask.
From "A Wizard of Earthsea" by Ursula K. Le Guin
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