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invoke
verb as in call upon
Example Sentences
In a court filing, prosecutors said Roske’s threat had led to others, including a letter earlier this year invoking Roske’s name.
Lawmakers in September introduced bipartisan legislation that would exempt coffee products from tariffs, invoking historical outrage over the price of another beverage staple.
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.”
He contrasted himself with other candidates in the race by invoking a barking chihuahua behind a chain-link fence.
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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