muster
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Behind Paramount’s pivot is a desperate scramble to bolster its legal case and muster funds to help finance a deal Warner shareholders approved in April.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026
In a memo to staff after hitting pause last week, Ellison said the deal had passed muster in 65 jurisdictions globally, a sign that it wasn’t anticompetitive.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 1, 2026
They need only ensure that the commission cannot muster four votes.
From Slate ● Jul. 13, 2026
When the time came for Monica to treat David like a real boy, she couldn’t muster the empathy.
From Salon ● Jun. 28, 2026
“Thank you,” I say with as much warmth as I can muster.
From "The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman" by Gennifer Choldenko
In a typical election year, the interest in the down-ballot race for California insurance commissioner musters modest interest at best.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 21, 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
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
A medical unit, gagged with fearsome disinfectant pads, musters outside their temporary quarters.
From Merchantmen-at-arms : the British merchants' service in the war by David W. (David William) Bone
Through five innings, they mustered only two baserunners against Tigers starter Keider Montero.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 29, 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
Even when you mustered out, you had a place in the community.
From "Blood of Olympus" by Rick Riordan
Camel number are kept in check by mustering, shooting and trapping at water points.
From Barron's ● Jun. 28, 2026
Crew members went to their rooms to grab essential belongings including life jackets and emergency gear before gathering at the mustering point.
From BBC ● Mar. 11, 2025
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
“So treat us like guests,” she said, mustering her best Nina imitation.
From "Six of Crows" by Leigh Bardugo
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