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summons

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noun as in invocation

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noun as in subpoena

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The Brysons said they were then shocked and horrified to receive a court summons.

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Starvation in Gaza today summons up my grandmother’s stories of how her family starved to death in the Warsaw ghetto.

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A New York City administrative judge dismissed a civil summons against former “The Bear” writer O’Keefe on Tuesday, ending its case against him.

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You know, before he summons someone to bring him a diet soda.

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Police issued O’Keefe a summons for disorderly conduct and he “was not placed under arrest at any time,” the statement said.

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