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Captain Siya Kolisi has called on the Springboks to summon inspiration from Soweto's pivotal part in South Africa's history as they take on New Zealand on the edge of the Johannesburg township on Saturday.

From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026

The clock is ticking, the magic is fading and the comebacks are harder than ever to summon.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 31, 2026

The cellmate “tried to press intercom again to summon help, and it just kept ringing and ringing.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 27, 2026

Today, you can still summon an entire generation with the opening guitar melody.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 22, 2026

“First—and I mean no disrespect to her soothsaying abilities—but I feel it is far from certain that Madame Ionesco will truly be able to summon the shade of Edward Ashton. Do you agree?”

From "The Unseen Guest" by Maryrose Wood

The following day, police sergeant Sidney Short served him with a summons.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 7, 2026

A Salvadoran woman who had lived in the U.S. since the 1980s held a summons for an immigration hearing while commenting that Navarette looked better than she had in a while.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2026

The Zambian opposition leader who was runner-up in this month's disputed presidential election surrendered to police on Thursday after two weeks in hiding following a summons over an alleged national security threat, state media reported.

From Barron's ● Aug. 27, 2026

Socialism is a belief, and it summons feeling.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026

The Second Sons were the first to return, eight days after the queen sent forth her summons.

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin

So bereft is the ideas cupboard that even notoriously mediocre 1990s films are being summoned back to life.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026

Russian ambassadors in Berlin, London, Paris, Brussels and other capitals have been summoned by their hosts for stern lectures.

From Salon ● Sep. 7, 2026

Barrot and fellow ministers from Belgium and the Netherlands said they had summoned Russian ambassadors in protest at the attack.

From BBC ● Sep. 2, 2026

Sweden also summoned the Russian ambassador in Stockholm over the incident, its Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson told a news conference, citing its allegiance to Germany and Ukraine.

From Barron's ● Sep. 1, 2026

Then the glass door to the courthouse swung open and Clark was summoned inside.

From "Because They Marched" by Russell Freedman

Parents summoning their kids to perform like seals was common in the 1980s, for they were officers and we were infantry.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026

Listening to Xiu Xiu’s “Eraserhead” on a hot and stormy Friday afternoon is an atavistic summoning of the many gifts that David Lynch left us to remember him by.

From Salon ● Jul. 10, 2026

At Ojai, Lewis wistfully performed the solo prelude off in Libbey Park shrubbery as if a dallying forest spirit summoning ghosts of festivals past.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 23, 2026

Last week, Canada said it was summoning the Israeli ambassador over the incident.

From Barron's ● May 25, 2026

“No, sir,” I mutter, summoning a layer of polite.

From "X: A Novel" by Ilyasah Shabazz