invocation
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The three movements include “an invocation to hands that weave”; “a meeting of foams, needles, songs, threats and pulsations”; and what Negrón calls “an archipelago of resonances and possibilities.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 3, 2026
Before she headed to the locker room, Burrell thanked everyone and called out a cheerful invocation, “Successful first game!”
From Los Angeles Times ● May 13, 2026
But Mr. Beshear’s invocation of it is misdirection.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 24, 2026
Garbus’ invocation of Aaron Spelling’s prime-time soap in her title can’t be accidental.
From Salon ● Mar. 14, 2026
When I chuckled at the older woman’s invocation of the parable, she laughed, too.
From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson
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We’ve had somewhere around 30 invocations of the statute across American history.
From Slate ● Jan. 16, 2026
Tina Brown called American Canto “absurdly pretentious,” wincing at its repeated invocations of Joan Didion’s unsettling Santa Ana winds.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 6, 2025
Comparisons to the late-1990s dot-com bubble abound, as do invocations of the crash that followed.
From Barron's ● Oct. 23, 2025
It is clear from the context of her repeated invocations that she uses Venn diagrams to clarify complicated situations.
From Salon ● Jul. 29, 2024
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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