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Recent Examples of beckon
Sarah Whitten,lillian Rizzo,alex Sherman, CNBC, 26 July 2025
Amid a tit-for-tat race to host Hollywood to boost their local economies, regions across the world like New York, New Jersey, the U.K. and Australia beckon to production executives increasingly turning to penny-pinching.
—Winston Cho, HollywoodReporter, 22 July 2025
Coffee merchants beckon customers to a sample table in the back.
—Ron Hurtibise, Sun Sentinel, 21 June 2025
When Pilon at last attempted to beckon someone to help him by raising his arm, Barbaro shot him in the head.
—Sally Ventura
june 23, Literary Hub, 23 June 2025
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Noun
That championship beckons the most ad dollars of any live event on TV.
—Sarah Whitten,lillian Rizzo,alex Sherman, CNBC, 26 July 2025
Amid a tit-for-tat race to host Hollywood to boost their local economies, regions across the world like New York, New Jersey, the U.K. and Australia beckon to production executives increasingly turning to penny-pinching.
—Winston Cho, HollywoodReporter, 22 July 2025
Coffee merchants beckon customers to a sample table in the back.
—Ron Hurtibise, Sun Sentinel, 21 June 2025
When Pilon at last attempted to beckon someone to help him by raising his arm, Barbaro shot him in the head.
—Sally Ventura
june 23, Literary Hub, 23 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for beckon
Verb
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The singer, clad in black with bug-eyed shades gripping his face, motioned first to his left.—
Matt Sebastian,
Denver Post,
29 July 2025
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Curry grabbed at his hamstring after an offensive sequence in the second quarter of Game 1, motioned to the bench and left the game with 8:19 to go before halftime.—
Joseph Dycus,
Chicago Tribune,
7 May 2025
Noun
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The biggest beneficiaries of the change have been Sam Vines, who can now play a bigger attacking role, and Yapi, who still slots into a central role, but can also make waves on the wing.—
Braidon Nourse,
Denver Post,
17 Aug. 2025
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If conditions are right, the clusters swirl into a storm known as a tropical wave or tropical depression.—
Jeanine Santucci,
USA Today,
16 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Unsurprisingly, this question was met with the statistical equivalent of a shrug.—
Scott Powers,
New York Times,
29 July 2025
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Every media outlet will cover your games with a yawn and a shrug.—
Mike Bianchi,
The Orlando Sentinel,
19 July 2025
Noun
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The most dramatic flourish to the Evija’s purposeful styling, enormous venturis exit between the active rear wing and resemble the afterburners on a fighter jet.—
Tim Pitt,
Robb Report,
6 Aug. 2025
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But what sells it is how Ortega injects her first lead role in a major studio project with personal flourishes that tether Phoebe to a recognizable reality.—
Declan Gallagher,
EW.com,
5 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Meanwhile, Google's own AI assistant, Gemini, will be at your beck and call.—
Jade Chung-Lee,
PC Magazine,
12 July 2025
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For $2,100 per day, Royal Expression Travels provides an SUV or sedan with a driver at your beck and call to arrange anything from last-minute diamond shopping or rerouting helicopters to a discreet helipad.—
Paula Conway,
Forbes.com,
25 June 2025
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“Beckon.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/beckon. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.
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