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muster

[muhs-ter] / ˈmʌs tər /




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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

"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

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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