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invoke

verb as in put into effect

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In a court filing, prosecutors said Roske’s threat had led to others, including a letter earlier this year invoking Roske’s name.

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Lawmakers in September introduced bipartisan legislation that would exempt coffee products from tariffs, invoking historical outrage over the price of another beverage staple.

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They said the president invoked the tariffs not to raise revenue but to “rectify America’s country-killing trade deficits and to stem the flood of fentanyl and other lethal drugs across our borders.”

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He contrasted himself with other candidates in the race by invoking a barking chihuahua behind a chain-link fence.

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When President Cleveland sent troops to break up a railroad strike and tamp down mob violence against Chinese immigrants, he invoked the Insurrection Act.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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