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Every American adult can summon up searing images from the Deepwater Horizon spill.

From Slate • Jan. 14, 2026

Some years ago, I heard Bach’s “St. John Passion” in Notre-Dame, in all its two-hour majesty, and I can summon up the sensation of the music resounding in the vaults overhead.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 3, 2025

"If you're going to finish a record, you have to summon up a lot of commitment and confidence and go, 'Right. come on. We're doing this properly'."

From BBC • Apr. 22, 2023

Although the actors were approachable and polite, I needed to summon up the courage to speak to Williams, who died Monday at 54.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 7, 2021

“I want to go to the bathroom,” Alba said in the strongest voice she could summon up.

From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende




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