The dog may bark when it sees its owner in distress, and the barking may summon help; the dog stays near its family, even when frightened, and that may be useful.
She may summon the 1980 United States Olympic hockey miracle against the Soviet Union.
Prodded by a strong defence secretary, the review's authors may summon the nerve to recommend bold change.
We may summon Zorne, the Dark Prince of the North, but black magic comes with a price.
One day, she may summon people to her lab by holographic telepresence, just as Alexander Graham Bell once summoned Thomas Watson ("Come here!") with a historic telephone call.
The term "trade routes" may summon up visions of broad paths, but thousand-pound yaks can traverse faint, canted trails the width of your outspread hands.
Round, with pronounced drips, these pieces may summon the old Sherwin-Williams logo of a globe dripping paint and the phrase "Cover the Earth," which has a new resonance in today's global art market.
The same row of bottles may summon images of ducklings following their mother, or throngs of people in a sunny city square, or the skyline of a town spilling down the side of hill.
Perhaps anachronistically, the final arbiter in the event of deadlock is the monarch, who, acting on the advice of politicians, may summon a potential leader to Buckingham Palace and invite her or him (most likely him as things stand right now) to form the next administration.
