beckoned

The torture of Qualifying School or a return to the more humble surrounds of the Challenge Tour beckoned.

It's the "deep, emotional connection" between Deportivo La Coruna and a passionate fanbase that stuck with the club through the highs, when they won La Liga and the Copa del Rey, and the lows, when Spanish football obscurity beckoned.

At the back of the California Cannabis Experience, a brightly colored sign beckoned in a font you might find on a vintage postcard: “This way to the Embarc Oasis, ‘High From California.’”

According to the official website, the pair originally met when working at Chef Hugh Acheson's restaurant in Athens, Georgia, until "the salt water beckoned them to North Carolina's coast," with Neff as co-owner/chef and Clopton as pastry chef.

Judge Robert Altham said Haywood had beckoned the Blackpool rioters to breach police lines, and that that his drunkenness on the day was an "aggravating feature".