subpoenaing

Definition of subpoenaingnext
present participle of subpoena

Example Sentences

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Verb
  • However, despite this, legal experts have raised concerns that Trump could try to sidestep Congress’s NATO guardrail by citing presidential authority over foreign policy.
    Amanda Castro, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Apr. 2026
  • The space exploration company submitted a draft IPO filing to the Securities and Exchange Commission, with a possible listing expected in June, the news outlet reported, citing sources familiar with the matter.
    Mary Cunningham, CBS News, 1 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • Hackers can then use the army of infected computers to launch DDoS attacks, which involve summoning waves of internet traffic to overwhelm a website, app or IP address to try and take them offline.
    Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 20 Mar. 2026
  • The Brooklyn psych-folk artist’s 2025 debut, newly reissued by AD 93, is dissonant, ghostly, and otherworldly, summoning complex emotions with sparse tools.
    Vrinda Jagota, Pitchfork, 19 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • When caregivers there left a suicidal resident hanging by the neck from his room’s sprinkler system without giving the man immediate aid, Florida’s healthcare watchdog agency took the uncommon action of asking a judge to shut down Villa Rosa IV.
    Carol Marbin Miller, Miami Herald, 2 Apr. 2026
  • Trump is asking the justices to uphold his Day 1 executive order eliminating birthright citizenship under a novel interpretation of the 14th Amendment and requiring parents to prove their own legal status before citizenship is granted to their children.
    Peter Charalambous, ABC News, 1 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • The applicant also included a follow-up email explaining the scope of the work and requesting payment within 14 days.
    Darlin Tillery, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Mar. 2026
  • The company’s telephone number wasn’t connecting, and no one responded to an email requesting further information.
    Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 31 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • Mayor Ellen Zoppo-Sassu is convening a conference of condominium associations from around the city for Wednesday evening to share ideas on what — if anything — the city can do to ease the financial pressure.
    Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 1 Apr. 2026
  • By convening a focus group of seven swing state voters, all mothers between 27 and 48 years old, the Democratic firm Navigator Research found angst about the country’s direction and little faith in either party’s ability to fix its problems.
    David Weigel, semafor.com, 26 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • The transfer portal for men’s college basketball opens Tuesday, and with a roster that has already seen six departures through either graduation or entry into the portal, Mizzou men’s basketball coach Dennis Gates will have to begin the process of assembling a new team.
    Joseph Pastilha, Kansas City Star, 5 Apr. 2026
  • At the same time, several thousand ground troops are assembling.
    Jason Ma, Fortune, 4 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • The actor is set to star alongside Dakota Fanning in Apple TV’s untitled original thriller series hailing from Alex Cary, who previously created the mini-series A Spy Among Friends and earned his thriller cred as a writer-producer on Homeland.
    Borys Kit, HollywoodReporter, 30 Mar. 2026
  • Competition is heating up at the luxury end of the ride-hailing market.
    Bloomberg, Mercury News, 30 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • If trapped by moving water, seek the highest possible point and contact emergency services by calling 911.
    STAR-TELEGRAM WEATHER BOT, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 5 Apr. 2026
  • Building and construction unions no longer can use their old rhetorical cudgel in this debate — calling prefab homes flimsy and unsafe.
    U T Editorial Board, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Apr. 2026
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“Subpoenaing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/subpoenaing. Accessed 7 Apr. 2026.

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