invocation

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And this invocation to keep moving reveals something about the chapel’s architecture—its dynamism.

From The Wall Street Journal

Any invocation of the act will almost certainly be challenged in court.

From The Wall Street Journal

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

The film’s repeated invocation of its own title in different contexts is another instance of adding too many eggs to the custard.

From The Wall Street Journal

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