- present tense form of summon (3rd person singular).
summons
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Grandma summons Sybylla to her splendid Caddagat specifically to find a husband.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026
Issuing the summons against the four men last year, District Judge Stephen Leake said the EA alleged there had been "a deliberate plan by officers of the company to manipulate the OSM regime".
From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2026
Victoria Gerrard is another wheelchair user who recently received a jury summons.
From BBC ● Jun. 14, 2026
If “Masters of the Universe” tanks, here’s hoping Galitzine summons the strength to dig himself out of the rubble.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 3, 2026
At six-thirty, Ben finished packing his uniform and was waiting in his room for the summons from his father to leave for the game.
From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy
But Mr. Mamdani, who took office in January, issued an executive order in March to the NYPD, putting an end to criminal summonses for e-bikers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
The summonses require the reporters to appear before a grand jury in Manhattan on Wednesday, the Times said.
From BBC ● Jul. 11, 2026
The summonses were issued "as part of the application of administrative sanctions in accordance with the applicable provisions", the minister added.
From Barron's ● Mar. 31, 2026
He had a backlog of jury summonses he hadn’t responded to, and it was time to make it right.
From New York Times ● May 10, 2024
The debate over the Super had not let up, resulting in frequent summonses to Washington.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
“There should never have been an arrest warrant, because normally she would receive a summons in the mail. In many cases, people who are charged with nonviolent offenses like this are summonsed into court.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 29, 2024
Many of those arrested earlier in the week had been summonsed for Russian military service, state media reported.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 24, 2022
Bradley Orr, who has played for Bristol City, QPR and Blackburn Rovers, was summonsed to court after refusing to close Cirque-d-Play in Merseyside.
From BBC ● Jun. 1, 2021
He also appears to have been annoyed that Spain was drawn in – in Tehran, the Spanish ambassador had been summonsed by the foreign ministry to explain Madrid’s role.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 20, 2019
"Go directly," she said, "or I'll report you and have you summonsed!"
From Love, the Fiddler by Lloyd Osbourne
Old-fashioned landladies might refuse her lunch, it is true; and a narrowminded police force might desire to secure her, and wrap her in a rug preliminary to summonsing her.
From Three Men on the Bummel by Jerome K. (Jerome Klapka) Jerome
With a terrible love of summonsing, and a thorough enjoyment of a law-court, he enters into the spirit of the thing like an attorney's clerk.
From To The Gold Coast for Gold, Vol. II A Personal Narrative by Sir Richard Francis Burton
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