summon back
Example Sentences
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Like many shows across the country, “Phantom” could not summon back the audiences that sustained it before brutal pandemic closures drained the lifeblood out of the industry.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 16, 2022
She added that Mr. Trump might also summon back one or more of the four he talked with on Sunday for an additional talk.
From New York Times • Feb. 19, 2017
The incursion prompted Tokyo on Sunday to temporarily summon back its ambassador to China, Uchiro Niwa.
From New York Times • Jul. 15, 2012
Nobody wants to summon back the naive techno-optimism of the 1950s and '60s.
From Time Magazine Archive
I poked at the logs in the kitchen hearth, trying to summon back the bees so they would chase out the thoughts invading my brainpan.
From "Chains" by Laurie Halse Anderson
