muster
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If the film were as goofy as the killer’s pseudonym, it might be worth the two painful hours it takes to muster through this bloodless procedural.
From Salon ● Sep. 2, 2026
They need only ensure that the commission cannot muster four votes.
From Slate ● Jul. 13, 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
But the Dodgers offense didn’t muster a comeback, as the top of the batting order went down in order with two runners on.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 8, 2026
Besides, he was the kind of man who could muster music out of thin air.
From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck
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But Romania, whether on or off the studio lot, only occasionally musters a decent impression of 19th century Virginia, reminding you, as “The Gray House” often does, that this is only a movie.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 26, 2026
"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
While Faist must hide his light under the bushel of an ostentatious 1970s mustache, he, like Boutsikaris and the love interest Crystal Reed, musters up noteworthy charm.
From New York Times ● Mar. 16, 2023
On the 22nd March he "went to see the general musters of the Militia in town, about 700 men but few arms."
From Legends of Loudoun An account of the history and homes of a border county of Virginia's Northern Neck by Harrison Williams
It wasn’t until recently that he mustered the courage to watch classics like “The Exorcist” and “The Texas Chain Saw Massacre.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026
Would the Founders have mustered the courage to go through with the Declaration of Independence and agree on a Constitution?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 28, 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 Hammers hold the unwanted record of the most points achieved by a relegated side - the 42 they mustered in 2002-03 was not enough to spare them from the drop.
From BBC ● Apr. 20, 2026
Rallies were being planned, strategies mapped, volunteers mustered.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
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Camel number are kept in check by mustering, shooting and trapping at water points.
From Barron's ● Jun. 28, 2026
With a weak, unimaginative script by Zach Baylin and William Schneider doing him no favors, Skarsgård looks as lost as the pre-reborn Eric, never mustering enough mythic power.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 23, 2024
Times, declared, “I have a hard time even mustering a ‘meh.’
From Slate ● Apr. 19, 2024
The visitors were being made to pay for only mustering 218 with the bat, India more than doubling that in reaching 473-8 by the end of the second day.
From BBC ● Mar. 8, 2024
Saturday morning, as we discussed what to do about Namba and Weathers and whether to descend, Neal Beidleman was mustering Fischer’s team from their tents and hectoring them to start down from the Col.
From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer
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