summon
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, ˈsəm-niŋ \
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Customers will be able to order groceries from a mobile app, much as people summon an Uber or Lyft ride. — BostonGlobe.com, "Rubius Therapeutics to build manufacturing facility in R.I.," 29 June 2018 All eyes turned to Washington as lawmakers summoned Zuckerberg to account for his company’s response, or lack thereof. — Madison Sherman, Teen Vogue, "Why Facebook Privacy Doesn’t Worry Us," 18 Apr. 2018 On Wednesday, the Saudi Royal Court said the anticorruption committee summoned 381 individuals to face indictments or testify and reached monetary settlements with 87 who confessed to charges presented to them. ... — Rory Jones And Summer Said, WSJ, "Saudi Arabia Closes Corruption Crackdown, Courts Investors," 30 Jan. 2019 Hellboy is a half-demon from Hell who was summoned to Earth as a baby by Nazi occultists and raised by a surrogate human father, Professor Trevor Bruttenholm. — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, "Big Red’s Right Hand of Doom is back in fiery new Hellboy trailer," 20 Dec. 2018 Dominic Cummings, the man at the heart of HBO’s film, has refused to appear before a House of Commons committee inquiry into fake news, which has also summoned the former head of Cambridge Analytica, Alexander Nix. — Rachel Withers, Vox, "Brits want an official investigation into the Brexit Leave campaign. They’re getting an HBO drama instead.," 15 Dec. 2018 The condo has orangey stone floors that could well have been summoned from the ’80s-era set of The Golden Girls. — Kathryn O'shea-evans, House Beautiful, "John Fondas Mixes Patterns In A Crazy Awesome Way In This Palm Beach Condo," 9 Jan. 2019 More than 180 potential jurors has been summoned to the courthouse Monday; 120 of them will make up the initial panel of 12 jurors and six alternates, reports CBS Philadelphia. — CBS News, "Bill Cosby trial judge delivers defense 2 big victories," 3 Apr. 2018 The 37-year-old rookie publisher wasn't about to leave an image that he was summoned for a lecture. — Howard Kurtz, Fox News, "Olive branch crumbles: Trump vs. NY Times publisher," 31 July 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'summon.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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