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muster

[muhs-ter] / ˈmʌs tər /




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Moynihan said the bank has made progress in efforts to pass regulatory muster since the 2024 order, adding thousands of employees to work on compliance with bank secrecy laws.

From Barron's ● Oct. 14, 2026

But “Club Kid” is so assured and heartwarming that you can’t muster the energy to object.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 12, 2026

Perhaps the mayor will now muster some sympathy for businesses mugged in similar schemes.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026

Twenty-one high-flying contestants are vying to win £100,000 for their charity of choice with all the charm, persuasion and manipulation they can muster.

From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026

But I couldn’t muster even a faint hiccup of remorse to see the backside of that man.

From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan

"Even a cinematic maestro occasionally musters up a misfire," the Razzies said, in a press release announcing Coppola's win.

From BBC ● Feb. 28, 2025

And as is also his way, he musters up one big swing that cracks harder than all the rest.

From Salon ● Oct. 16, 2024

Both are longtime members of a local search and rescue team that musters after accidents to help find and dig out fatal avalanche victims.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 2, 2024

To keep things on a cosmic scale, Messiaen musters a solo piano part of concerto-level difficulty and variety.

From New York Times ● Mar. 19, 2023

The relatively small crew he musters has taught him to be tolerant of an apparent delay in carrying out certain operations.

From Merchantmen-at-arms : the British merchants' service in the war by David W. (David William) Bone

However clinical Newcastle were in the opening weeks of the campaign, they mustered just eight efforts on target against Liverpool, Tottenham Hotspur and Bournemouth before their trip to Elland Road.

From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2026

While Wall Street was broadly negative, the Dow still mustered a gain to push it to a third straight record close.

From Barron's ● Aug. 6, 2026

Both Musk and OpenAI have mustered high-dollar legal armies who are prepared to wage potentially years of litigation, including this federal trial.

From Slate ● Apr. 30, 2026

The European Commission has mustered a team to try to break the deadlock over Ukraine.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 19, 2026

Lawrence mustered his best arguments for this elaborate defense of his work.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik

It’s a song about weariness, the difficulty of facing the day, wondering if life means anything and mustering just enough hope to carry on.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026

A couple of young women stood for a long time holding a bunch of flowers, mustering the courage to venture through the crowd towards the table.

From Barron's ● Jan. 1, 2026

School is out for the year, but the summer holidays aren't exactly a break for 15-year-old Breanna Easton - that is when she's hard at work mustering cattle on the family's station.

From BBC ● Dec. 10, 2025

I’m not sure we have an adequate process for mustering the necessary social wherewithal.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 14, 2025

I stared up at her, temporarily frozen, mustering my courage.

From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline


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