summon
Example Sentences
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Birmingham's council leader has been summoned to give evidence to MPs over a controversial decision to ban Maccabi Tel Aviv fans from attending an Aston Villa match.
From BBC
But Europe always struggles painfully to summon the presence to act on its own unrepealable strategic interests.
Landry immediately vowed to work to make the Arctic island "a part of the US," leading Denmark to summon the US ambassador.
From Barron's
In July 2020, a Syrian intelligence officer had summoned the 60-year-old imam and asked him to help mediate a dispute between two local families.
The Citrus Heights Police Department chief declined to comment specifically on the case but said that while the citation process isn’t infallible, all individuals who get a summons receive due process.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
