muster
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Moynihan said the bank has made progress in efforts to pass regulatory muster since the 2024 order, adding thousands of employees to work on compliance with bank secrecy laws.
From Barron's ● Oct. 14, 2026
But “Club Kid” is so assured and heartwarming that you can’t muster the energy to object.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 12, 2026
Perhaps the mayor will now muster some sympathy for businesses mugged in similar schemes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026
Twenty-one high-flying contestants are vying to win £100,000 for their charity of choice with all the charm, persuasion and manipulation they can muster.
From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026
I tightened my lips and straightened my purse strap on my shoulder with all the righteousness that I could muster.
From "The Book of Unknown Americans" by Cristina Henríquez
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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
Both are longtime members of a local search and rescue team that musters after accidents to help find and dig out fatal avalanche victims.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 2, 2024
The beavers will be frightened and will not approach the set for a few days, but finally one of them musters up courage enough to try to pull the bait out of the pen.
From Science of Trapping Describes the Fur Bearing Animals, Their Nature, Habits And Distribution, With Practical Methods For Their Capture by Elmer Harry Kreps
Through five innings, they mustered only two baserunners against Tigers starter Keider Montero.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 29, 2026
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
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
Maya polities were not large enough to maintain standing armies; instead both Kaan and Oxwitza’ mustered short-term militiamen to fight wars.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
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It’s a song about weariness, the difficulty of facing the day, wondering if life means anything and mustering just enough hope to carry on.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026
Camel number are kept in check by mustering, shooting and trapping at water points.
From Barron's ● Jun. 28, 2026
The challenge is mustering the collective wisdom to manage our shared resources before they’re grazed beyond recovery.
From Salon ● Jul. 12, 2025
They had scored a miserly 15 in their previous 20 league games this season, mustering just 66 shots on target from 226 attempts.
From BBC ● Jan. 19, 2025
Cora was surprised at her difficulty in mustering the words.
From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead
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