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Recent Examples of beckon
Literary Hub, 17 Feb. 2026
Is crisis beckoning, he was asked?
—George Caulkin, New York Times, 8 Feb. 2026
Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 23 Jan. 2026
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Verb
My other housemates were long whisked away by beckoning purpose.
—Literary Hub, 17 Feb. 2026
Is crisis beckoning, he was asked?
—George Caulkin, New York Times, 8 Feb. 2026
Noun
Fame and fortune beckon, but soon their newfound celebrity status attracts attention from the criminal underworld.
—Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 23 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for beckon
Verb
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On the other end of the court, Bulls coach Billy Donovan motioned for a timeout the moment the whistle blew.—
Julia Poe,
Chicago Tribune,
24 Feb. 2026
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That’s when Washington’s Department of Health motioned for and received an Order of Default against Montano.—
David J. Neal,
Miami Herald,
19 Feb. 2026
Noun
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This low-power millimeter-wave radar sensor gives self-driving cars a clearer, more accurate view of traffic by feeding them essential data from the surrounding road.—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
3 Mar. 2026
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Russell let the rest of Taylor-Joy's long hair fall in loose, barely there waves, with most of the curl concentrated just at the ends for movement and swish factor.—
Kara Nesvig,
Allure,
3 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Still, in conversations with strategists steeped in the state’s politics, almost everyone offers the same shrug as to whether Texas is really in contention this year.—
Philip Elliott,
Time,
26 Feb. 2026
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There’s plenty of evidence from the past year to support that theory, from the ouster of Nicolás Maduro in Venezuela, to attacks on Russian shadow fleet vessels by Ukrainian special forces, to the brief Israel-Iran conflict last summer, all of which produced a collective shrug from oil traders.—
Tim McDonnell,
semafor.com,
19 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Dulaney’s late flourish proved to be the difference.—
James Peters,
Baltimore Sun,
25 Feb. 2026
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Find yourself a series that does a bombastic operatic flourish at its midseason cliffhanger (with actual opera) and drops Tennessee Ernie Ford in its season finale.—
Sarah Shachat,
IndieWire,
23 Feb. 2026
Noun
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As with the removal of the ICEBlock app from Apple’s App Store, Silicon Valley is at the beck and call of Washington, DC.—
Sarah Jeong,
The Verge,
1 Mar. 2026
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Up until that point, Rosamond and Posy were always at her beck and call.—
Kennedy French,
Variety,
28 Feb. 2026
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“Beckon.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/beckon. Accessed 6 Mar. 2026.
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