summoned

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In the business world, one of America’s largest consumer chains, Starbucks, whose feel-good corporate image has gotten debunked by its workers’ unionization drive, resummoned Howard Schultz this spring for a third stint as CEO.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 22, 2022

When about a quarter of an hour had elapsed, Butler was resummoned to his seat, and the court again proceeded to business.

From Horse-Shoe Robinson A Tale of the Tory Ascendency by Kennedy, John Pendleton

For a little season, rest and change, ere again the trumpet sounds, and the warrior is resummoned to the fray.

From Life of Heber C. Kimball, an Apostle The Father and Founder of the British Mission by Whitney, Orson F.

Shocked and silent, Colonel Demarion and the captain quitted the deck and resummoned the steward, who had, but without success, visited the berths and various parts of the ship for the individual in question.

From A Stable for Nightmares or Weird Tales by Young, Charles L. (Charles Lawrence), Sir

In March, 1727, Stella being sufficiently recovered, the Dean ventured once more to England, but soon to be resummoned to the hapless couch of his exhausted and most miserable wife.

From The International Monthly, Vol. II, No. I December 1, 1850 by Various