muster
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Sometimes she works with family members of someone who is ill, who she said are mostly looking to muster resources and handle what’s in front of them.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 17, 2026
All eyes will be on whether an alternative candidate can muster the required support to challenge Burnham, nicknamed the "King of the North" for winning three consecutive Greater Manchester mayoral elections.
From Barron's ● Jul. 9, 2026
Even if Uefa thought it could muster a candidate capable of mounting a challenge, the race is already run.
From BBC ● Jul. 6, 2026
It specified 10 aggravating factors, the presence of which would allow a jury to return a death sentence in the belief that such “guided discretion” would pass constitutional muster.
From Slate ● Jun. 8, 2026
The check arrived, so I guessed it passed muster.
From "Hattie Big Sky" by Kirby Larson
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"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
Over three feature films, Brandon Cronenberg has carved out a distinctive style for himself, a blend of horror and sci-fi that musters an all-too-rare audience response of genuine shock.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 22, 2023
As a choir musters behind her, she enumerates her partner’s failings and points out all that she’s done — “I was always there to pick up the pieces when you were a full-blown catastrophe.”
From New York Times ● Oct. 28, 2022
The largest of the four musters was that which listed the twelve servants of Edward Bennett.
From The First Seventeen Years: Virginia 1607-1624 by Hatch, Charles E.
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
While previous opposition leaders mustered crowds of a few dozen if they ventured out of Budapest, Magyar attracts hundreds in villages, and thousands or tens of thousands in provincial urban Fidesz strongholds.
From BBC ● Apr. 3, 2026
The European Commission has mustered a team to try to break the deadlock over Ukraine.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 19, 2026
Now, 43 years have passed since lawmakers last mustered the courage to talk about the gap between what the program promises and what it expects to pay.
From MarketWatch ● Mar. 17, 2026
The money they had mustered out with was gone, and they had signed notes in town and gotten into trouble.
From "Bless Me, Ultima" by Rudolfo Anaya
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Camel number are kept in check by mustering, shooting and trapping at water points.
From Barron's ● Jun. 28, 2026
Or foolhardy when this is a moment when she ought to be mustering as much authority as she can?
From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2025
I’m not sure we have an adequate process for mustering the necessary social wherewithal.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 14, 2025
These were not easy conditions for mustering majority support.
From Slate ● Aug. 19, 2024
There he is, I said, mustering all the excitement I could find in my empty till.
From "Tuesdays with Morrie" by Mitch Albom
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