muster
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Behind Paramount’s pivot is a desperate scramble to bolster its legal case and muster funds to help finance a deal Warner shareholders approved in April.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026
They need only ensure that the commission cannot muster four votes.
From Slate ● Jul. 13, 2026
All eyes will be on whether an alternative candidate can muster the required support to challenge Burnham, nicknamed the "King of the North" for winning three consecutive Greater Manchester mayoral elections.
From Barron's ● Jul. 9, 2026
When the time came for Monica to treat David like a real boy, she couldn’t muster the empathy.
From Salon ● Jun. 28, 2026
Besides, he was the kind of man who could muster music out of thin air.
From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck
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In a typical election year, the interest in the down-ballot race for California insurance commissioner musters modest interest at best.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 21, 2026
"Even a cinematic maestro occasionally musters up a misfire," the Razzies said, in a press release announcing Coppola's win.
From BBC ● Feb. 28, 2025
And as is also his way, he musters up one big swing that cracks harder than all the rest.
From Salon ● Oct. 16, 2024
Despite the years of controversies, he enjoys immense popularity and musters thousands of supporters at party rallies.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 5, 2024
O thou hast set my busy brain at work, And now she musters up a train of images, Which, to preserve my peace, I had cast aside, And sunk in deep oblivion—Oh, that form!
From Jane Shore A Tragedy by Nicholas Rowe
While Wall Street was broadly negative, the Dow still mustered a gain to push it to a third straight record close.
From Barron's ● Aug. 6, 2026
Would the Founders have mustered the courage to go through with the Declaration of Independence and agree on a Constitution?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 28, 2026
Both Musk and OpenAI have mustered high-dollar legal armies who are prepared to wage potentially years of litigation, including this federal trial.
From Slate ● Apr. 30, 2026
The Hammers hold the unwanted record of the most points achieved by a relegated side - the 42 they mustered in 2002-03 was not enough to spare them from the drop.
From BBC ● Apr. 20, 2026
I sought Rebellion, and found grim Authority engirded there; I mustered in the ranks of Royal Authority, and found there only Chaos fighting in straighter lines.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson
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Camel number are kept in check by mustering, shooting and trapping at water points.
From Barron's ● Jun. 28, 2026
Davis led the league in punt return average last season, but this year the Chargers are mustering just 9.7 yards per punt return with a league-low four attempts.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2024
Times, declared, “I have a hard time even mustering a ‘meh.’
From Slate ● Apr. 19, 2024
The visitors were being made to pay for only mustering 218 with the bat, India more than doubling that in reaching 473-8 by the end of the second day.
From BBC ● Mar. 8, 2024
Saturday morning, as we discussed what to do about Namba and Weathers and whether to descend, Neal Beidleman was mustering Fischer’s team from their tents and hectoring them to start down from the Col.
From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer
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