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muster

[muhs-ter] / ˈmʌs tər /




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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

Even if Uefa thought it could muster a candidate capable of mounting a challenge, the race is already run.

From BBC Jul. 6, 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

Somewhere inside me there must be an inherited wisdom from my ancestors since I can muster up the ability to play roles that offer guidance and strength.

From "Watch Us Rise" by Renée Watson and Ellen Hagan

There’s maintenance and repair work to be done on his boat — named Waymaker, to honor the Lord — before Blanchard musters his two-man crew and sets out from Bayou Little Caillou.

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 11, 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

As a choir musters behind her, she enumerates her partner’s failings and points out all that she’s done — “I was always there to pick up the pieces when you were a full-blown catastrophe.”

From New York Times Oct. 28, 2022

The largest of the four musters was that which listed the twelve servants of Edward Bennett.

From The First Seventeen Years: Virginia 1607-1624 by Hatch, Charles E.

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

While previous opposition leaders mustered crowds of a few dozen if they ventured out of Budapest, Magyar attracts hundreds in villages, and thousands or tens of thousands in provincial urban Fidesz strongholds.

From BBC Apr. 3, 2026

I mustered my best keystroke maestro and pushed the limits of my texting speed.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 29, 2026

Now, 43 years have passed since lawmakers last mustered the courage to talk about the gap between what the program promises and what it expects to pay.

From MarketWatch Mar. 17, 2026

Back in Washington, D.C., the Public Allies founders had mustered a fledgling class of fifteen Allies who were working in various organizations around the city.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama

A couple of young women stood for a long time holding a bunch of flowers, mustering the courage to venture through the crowd towards the table.

From Barron's Jan. 1, 2026

School is out for the year, but the summer holidays aren't exactly a break for 15-year-old Breanna Easton - that is when she's hard at work mustering cattle on the family's station.

From BBC Dec. 10, 2025

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

These were not easy conditions for mustering majority support.

From Slate Aug. 19, 2024

“Your officer helped the humans,” he blurted, mustering as much indignation as possible.

From "Artemis Fowl" by Eoin Colfer




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