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summon

[suhm-uhn] / ˈsʌm ən /


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Adam Silverman’s lighting turns red; cracks appear in the floor of Jon Bausor’s set as Catrina pounds on it with her parasol to summon Frida; and dancers dressed as skeletons emerge from the crevices.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 18, 2026

The question remains whether we as a people can summon the political will to make the needed changes — or any.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 18, 2026

“From the beginning, the conceit was to summon all the types of experiences of Blackness in one place, the project being a vessel or container for all of that expression,” Halsey says.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 14, 2026

On the night of the fall, Herring's mother made a distraught 999 call to summon emergency services.

From BBC • Apr. 13, 2026

Flowers, he knew, are thrown at the feet of dancers; at those who summon beauty.

From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell




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