muster
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When Joe Bauer is pressed to share his vision of a better world, all Wilson can muster is a mumbled plea to maybe read more books.
From Salon ● Sep. 6, 2026
The settlement still needs to pass muster with the judge who was overseeing the trial.
From Slate ● Aug. 26, 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
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
Despite the rain he jolted around the grounds to direct planting and sodding and every morning at dawn attended Burnham’s mandatory muster of key men.
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
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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
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
Over three feature films, Brandon Cronenberg has carved out a distinctive style for himself, a blend of horror and sci-fi that musters an all-too-rare audience response of genuine shock.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 22, 2023
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
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
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
But against Wedgewood, the Kings have mustered little offense of their own, scoring just four times — three times on the power play and once off Moore’s leg.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 24, 2026
Then I mustered up all of my courage and turned to her.
From "Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood" by Trevor Noah
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Camel number are kept in check by mustering, shooting and trapping at water points.
From Barron's ● Jun. 28, 2026
School is out for the year, but the summer holidays aren't exactly a break for 15-year-old Breanna Easton - that is when she's hard at work mustering cattle on the family's station.
From BBC ● Dec. 10, 2025
I’m not sure we have an adequate process for mustering the necessary social wherewithal.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 14, 2025
His voice, like a conjurer’s incantation, stirs the embers of rage, mustering both a conviction and devotion that consumes both logic and restraint.
From Salon ● Oct. 18, 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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