invoke

Example Sentences

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Compass is invoking that framework to defend a practice that does precisely the opposite.

From The Wall Street Journal

During the closed-door deposition, Maxwell refused to answer questions and pleaded the Fifth Amendment, invoking her right to remain silent, Oversight Committee chairman James Comer said.

From BBC

Maxwell invoked her Fifth Amendment rights and vowed to speak only if granted clemency, meaning either a commuted sentence or a presidential pardon.

From Salon

In 1957 President Dwight Eisenhower had to invoke the Insurrection Act to enforce federal court orders to integrate Little Rock Central High School after the Supreme Court held in Brown v.

From The Wall Street Journal

But Epstein appeared none too pleased that Krauss had invoked him and his connections.

From Salon