mustered

past tense of muster

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of mustered On a weekend in the NFL that featured record scoring numbers across the league, the Broncos mustered their lowest scoring output in a regular-season road game since at 41-10 loss to Baltimore in Week 9 of the 2024 season. Nick Kosmider, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2026 Pete Alonso pulled the Orioles within a run with a two-run homer in the fifth, but that was all Baltimore mustered. ABC News, 8 Sep. 2026 All his administration mustered was a late, failed effort in the summer of 2020 to remove 12,000 troops from Germany. Jennifer Kavanagh, Foreign Affairs, 28 Aug. 2026 Coming off three losses in Philadelphia, the Marlins mustered only one hit through seven innings (by Owen Caissie) before Marsee began the eighth with a triple down the right field line. Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 22 Aug. 2026 Seattle, which opened a nine-game trip against three teams currently in playoff position, has mustered only five runs during the losing streak and nine in the past seven games. Cbs New York Team, CBS News, 12 Aug. 2026 Within two days, workers were mustered and the presses were readied. Colleen Barry, Fortune, 11 Aug. 2026 Despite drawing eight walks Tuesday, the Braves could only scratch across three runs and mustered only four hits in an 8-3 loss to the Padres at Truist Park. Chad Bishop, AJC.com, 22 July 2026 But against the first-place Brewers, the Giants mustered a 1-0 win. Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 7 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for mustered
Verb
  • The demonstrators were mobilized (and their messages and gatherings coordinated) through the relatively new phenomenon of social media.
    David Friend, Vanity Fair, 10 Sep. 2026
  • Its in-house security staff mobilized within seconds, and none of its community members were killed.
    Alex Harring, CNBC, 4 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Suspicions quickly turned to Lizzie as the murderer, even though police were summoned almost immediately and Lizzie showed no signs of blood spatter, on either her clothing or hair.
    Steve Belanger, HollywoodReporter, 16 Sep. 2026
  • Philadelphia interim manager Don Mattingly summoned Jonathan Bowlan, and Lile hammered his first pitch to center for his first career pinch homer.
    ABC News, ABC News, 15 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Sullivan, a midfielder for the Philadelphia Union, joins many of the same players who comprised the roster for the USMNT's World Cup run this summer including Tyler Adams, Sebastian Berhalter, Gio Reyna, Malik Tillman, Ricardo Pepi and others.
    Mason Leib, ABC News, 17 Sep. 2026
  • In five of the past six rate-hiking cycles, the Nasdaq, which is comprised about 60% of tech issues, fell in the one-month aftermath, and in four of those cycles the damage got worse three months later.
    Jeff Cox,Darla Mercado, CFP®, CNBC, 16 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • But up- and downriver outside the park, much of the land is owned by private landowners, many of whom have organized against the government’s efforts.
    Rebecca Santana, Los Angeles Times, 19 Sep. 2026
  • The show is overseen by MAM artistic director Shai Baitel, who has also organized exhibitions of Marina Abramović, Bob Dylan, Zaha Hadid, and David Hockney.
    Brian Boucher, ARTnews.com, 18 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • If that money train stalls, the effects won’t be contained to tech investors on Wall Street.
    Allison Morrow, CNN Money, 18 Sep. 2026
  • And the sadistic acts 764 perpetrators promote are not always contained to a computer screen.
    Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 17 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • The book marshalled substantial scientific evidence, and reinforced the intuitions of parents dismayed by their phone-addled children.
    Joshua Rothman, New Yorker, 4 Sep. 2026
  • No country has marshaled those efforts like China, where the government sees Tibet, and its Himalayan borderlands, as critical to its national and energy security.
    Simone McCarthy, CNN Money, 29 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • The suspects who remained in Haiti awaiting trial included 17 Colombian soldiers and Joseph Badio, a former Haiti Ministry of Justice employee who was part of an anti-corruption unit.
    EVENS SANON, Arkansas Online, 21 Sep. 2026
  • While most have not dismissed Michelin quite like Lee above, there is quite a bit of head scratching over who was included, who was omitted, and how the ratings were awarded.
    Mike DeSimone, Robb Report, 20 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • On Thursday, the judge ordered the Kennedy Center to provide 30 days' notice before making any major physical changes to the building, including demolishing it.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 20 Sep. 2026
  • Animal rights group People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) UK, which has led several campaigns against the use of bearskins, said Freedom of Information data showed that 22 bearskin caps were ordered in 2024 and 96 in 2025.
    James Frater, CNN Money, 20 Sep. 2026

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