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Recent Examples of beckon
Joshua Rothkopf, Los Angeles Times, 17 Apr. 2026
Glistening shops and restaurants beckon a see-and-be-seen crowd within this coastal community.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 17 Apr. 2026
Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 23 Jan. 2026
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Verb
Who is the spooky, smiling woman beckoning to a young girl at the edge of her garden?
—Joshua Rothkopf, Los Angeles Times, 17 Apr. 2026
Glistening shops and restaurants beckon a see-and-be-seen crowd within this coastal community.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 17 Apr. 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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Thunder guard Alex Caruso then walked to the officials and motioned for a technical foul, arguing Booker had flipped the ball at Williams on purpose.—
Doug Haller,
New York Times,
24 Apr. 2026
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Attorney Lynn Johnson stood before jurors in a Kansas City, Kansas, courtroom Tuesday afternoon and motioned to a metal device on wheels that was sitting in front of them.—
Judy L. Thomas,
Kansas City Star,
15 Apr. 2026
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Financially dependent on her parents throughout her youth and confused by waves of calm or small kindnesses, Gross wrestled with distancing herself for some time before cutting contact with her parents and brothers as an adult.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 Apr. 2026
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When the Fontainebleau Hotel faced a skeptical city board and a wave of community opposition to a plan to add water slides to its pool deck, the hotel’s billionaire owner pushed successfully for a change to state law to move the project forward.—
Aaron Leibowitz,
Miami Herald,
28 Apr. 2026
Noun
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But his uppercase blasts, chest-thumping rants and coarse insults are more likely now to draw a Gallic shrug.—
Serge Schmemann,
Mercury News,
14 Apr. 2026
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The only thing missing was a patented Jordan shrug.—
Paul Sullivan,
Chicago Tribune,
29 Mar. 2026
Noun
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In a rare flourish for the space agency, which has seen many of its largest science missions suffer delays and ballooning costs, Roman is months ahead of schedule and under budget.—
Dan Vergano,
Scientific American,
22 Apr. 2026
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For a little bakery-style flourish, finish the cooled cake with a drizzle of powdered sugar icing.—
Karla Walsh,
Better Homes & Gardens,
22 Apr. 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 30 Apr. 2026.
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