invoking
Example Sentences
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That seems like a decent rationale for invoking the corporate death penalty.
From Salon ● Aug. 19, 2026
Hackney wrote her book against the specter of another: “Hillbilly Elegy,” the 2016 bestselling memoir invoking Appalachian values by current Vice President JD Vance, who grew up outside that region in Middletown, Ohio.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
He told the panel he was invoking the Fifth Amendment to the US Constitution under the advice of his attorneys.
From BBC ● Jul. 30, 2026
You may remember the president invoking it repeatedly in California, after 2018’s deadly Camp Fire and during last year’s Palisades burns.
From Slate ● Jul. 21, 2026
“Thakra save me from the theory purse,” said Lazlo, blithely invoking the local deity, Thakra.
From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor
