as in spell
a spoken word or set of words believed to have magic power
a Siberian shaman muttering mysterious invocations to ward off evil
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For all of the somber invocation of the Republican Party’s loyalty to law enforcement and respect for traditional American institutions, Chrisley’s presence on the stage laid bare the self-serving nature of the GOP’s rhetoric about prosecutions.
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Philip Bump, Washington Post, 17 July 2024
For all the heady invocations of free-world solidarity, the reality is that Europe cannot be America’s wingman in Asia — at least not anytime soon.
—Mark Hannah, The Mercury News, 11 July 2024
And the pronouncements of grand ayatollahs are typically filled with religious invocations and platitudes, whereas Haeri’s was implicitly critical of Sadr.
—Mohamad Bazzi, Foreign Affairs, 13 Sep. 2022
The project is an invocation to look at the glaciers of Latin America, there are very remote places like this one where the retreat is accelerating.
—Caterina De Biasio, Vogue, 3 July 2024
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Philip Bump, Washington Post, 17 July 2024
For all the heady invocations of free-world solidarity, the reality is that Europe cannot be America’s wingman in Asia — at least not anytime soon.
—Mark Hannah, The Mercury News, 11 July 2024
And the pronouncements of grand ayatollahs are typically filled with religious invocations and platitudes, whereas Haeri’s was implicitly critical of Sadr.
—Mohamad Bazzi, Foreign Affairs, 13 Sep. 2022
The project is an invocation to look at the glaciers of Latin America, there are very remote places like this one where the retreat is accelerating.
—Caterina De Biasio, Vogue, 3 July 2024
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“Invocation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/invocation. Accessed 13 Sep. 2024.
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