muster
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This segment will need to pass the muster of the same state regulators and courts that held up Keystone XL.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
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
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
Helmuth takes a deep breath, and in the most contemptible manner he can muster, says, "Jawohl, ihr lügt."
From "The Boy Who Dared" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti
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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
Despite the years of controversies, he enjoys immense popularity and musters thousands of supporters at party rallies.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 5, 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
Then I turned out and drilled with the militia as long as there was any musters.
From Si Klegg, Book 2 (of 6) Thru The Stone River Campaign And In Winter Quarters At Murfreesboro by John McElroy
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
The British suffered heavy casualties—including the death of Braddock—and might well have taken even more damage had Washington not mustered a rear guard and led a fighting retreat.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 22, 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
In many towns, virtually the whole male population was mustered for the fight.
From "The Tipping Point" by Malcolm Gladwell
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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
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
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
Captains were shouting, companies were mustering; many already were marching down to the Gate.
From "The Return of the King" by J.R.R. Tolkien
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