convene
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The government said it would convene an emergency meeting on Tuesday to discuss the strikes.
From Barron's ● Oct. 6, 2026
Emergency stocks remain at high levels and available in case of market disruption, while the commission said it is prepared to convene its Oil Coordination Group before its scheduled Oct.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
The independent panel will hold a sanctions hearing – which could take months to convene – to decide the punishment.
From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026
The two sides will convene for two days, Oct.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026
"This morning he commanded me to ride ahead with all haste and ask Grand Maester Pycelle to convene this council at once. He has an urgent task for us."
From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin
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Gay will have three more Championship matches to further press his case before England's hierarchy convenes to pick their squad for the first Test of the summer against New Zealand on 4 June.
From BBC ● Apr. 28, 2026
On Thursdays, he convenes an interagency discussion of the latest threats.
From Salon ● Apr. 22, 2026
Don Guinnip convenes his siblings at the farm in mid-October.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 15, 2026
The Munich meetings will take place just a few days before Trump convenes the inaugural session of his so-called "Board of Peace" on February 19 in Washington.
From Barron's ● Feb. 12, 2026
I’ll have to catch him later, when our team convenes.
From "Warcross" by Marie Lu
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When they convened for a joint video interview in late September, Heaton had recently returned to his London home from a music video shoot.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2026
U.S. air-safety regulators had convened an internal panel known as a corrective action review board on Friday to decide whether the problem amounted to an unsafe condition that needed to be addressed.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
As the charges have been denied, it will have to go to a sanction hearing convened by the independent panel.
From BBC ● Sep. 27, 2026
In 2001, in response to such critiques, the Smithsonian convened a blue-ribbon commission of historians and others led by Richard Darman, a former top aide in Republican White Houses.
From Salon ● Sep. 25, 2026
A symposium of many of the most important figures in the field was convened in London under the auspices of the Royal Society in 1964, and suddenly, it seemed, everyone was a convert.
From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson
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Not long ago, Mr. Threadgill began convening repertory ensembles to play material from his earlier groups.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026
But “The Real Food Show” cannot recommend a salad dressing without first convening a tribunal.
From Salon ● Aug. 5, 2026
A duo for the ages is convening once again.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 16, 2026
Utahns have also deluged Cox with thousands of letters in opposition, while regularly convening on the state Capitol with unflattering signs featuring O’Leary and Cox.
From Slate ● Jun. 1, 2026
It didn’t take long before everyone in our building was knocking on each other’s doors and convening out on the balcony, standing around stunned and shaking with fear.
From "The Book of Unknown Americans" by Cristina Henríquez
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"To Kill a Mockingbird" by Harper Lee, Chapters 16–19
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