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Recent Examples of beckon
Big Think, 20 Aug. 2025
In that environment, bad habits beckon; habits that encourage Maye to play with abandon because why shouldn’t a quarterback asked to carry his team, throw and run and score touchdowns, try to do everything all by himself?
—Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 16 Aug. 2025
Buc-ee the Beaver, the cheerful mascot in a red cap, is featured on eye-catching red and yellow billboards that beckon travelers from miles away along the interstate.
—Diana Leyva, The Tennessean, 13 Aug. 2025
Still, in the middle of England’s huddle at Basel’s St Jakob-Park as penalties beckoned, Charles didn’t expect her name to come out of England head coach Sarina Wiegman’s mouth when the third penalty taker was named.
—Megan Feringa, New York Times, 11 Aug. 2025
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Noun
But on the spacetime graph, the hatched area outside our tiny experiential box is beckoning.
—Big Think, 20 Aug. 2025
In that environment, bad habits beckon; habits that encourage Maye to play with abandon because why shouldn’t a quarterback asked to carry his team, throw and run and score touchdowns, try to do everything all by himself?
—Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 16 Aug. 2025
Buc-ee the Beaver, the cheerful mascot in a red cap, is featured on eye-catching red and yellow billboards that beckon travelers from miles away along the interstate.
—Diana Leyva, The Tennessean, 13 Aug. 2025
Still, in the middle of England’s huddle at Basel’s St Jakob-Park as penalties beckoned, Charles didn’t expect her name to come out of England head coach Sarina Wiegman’s mouth when the third penalty taker was named.
—Megan Feringa, New York Times, 11 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for beckon
Verb
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After the complaint was filed, a department named in the filing — the Oakland County Prosecutor’s Office — motioned for Hartig to recuse herself from its cases.—
Darcie Moran,
Freep.com,
30 Aug. 2025
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Offensive coordinator Greg Harbaugh also can motion Loya around to create leverage and access.—
Andy Greder,
Twin Cities,
15 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Small pups get the first splash, followed by bigger dogs ready to make waves.—
Tiffani Jackson Skinner,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
5 Sep. 2025
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If conditions are right, the clusters swirl into a storm known as a tropical wave or tropical depression.—
Gabe Hauari,
USA Today,
4 Sep. 2025
Noun
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But plenty of films have arrived at TIFF with impressive pedigree only to be met with a shrug by audiences.—
Brent Lang,
Variety,
5 Sep. 2025
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That shrug is exactly the problem.—
Aron Solomon
September 3,
Literary Hub,
3 Sep. 2025
Noun
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In the film’s only real visual flourish, these scenes are animated usually translucent, see-through animations set against b-roll of the real forest.—
Wilson Chapman,
IndieWire,
1 Sep. 2025
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That was an additional flourish, believe it or not.—
Alex Ritman,
Variety,
28 Aug. 2025
Noun
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But Reynolds, with dirty cops at his beck and call, including powerful detective Savick (Pablo Schreiber), sets up John, who goes to jail.—
Carole Horst,
Variety,
30 Aug. 2025
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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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“Beckon.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/beckon. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.
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