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marshal
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marshal as in:  marshal our efforts

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  • Either he will unmask himself in order to assume leadership of the forces of stupidity he has marshaled, or his enemies will unmask him in order to better understand the disease that has produced such a warped and twisted mind.  (source)
    marshaled = organized or arranged
  • He set his ears back, shook his forelock several times, and tried hard to marshal his thoughts; but in the end he could not think of anything to say.  (source)
    marshal = organize
  • Marshaling forces to fight in the limited way we can fight.†  (source)
    Marshaling = organizing, arranging, or leading
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  • The procession was to be marshalled thence to the town hall, where a solemn banquet would complete the ceremonies of the day.  (source)
    marshalled = led
    unconventional spelling: This is a British spelling. Americans do not repeat the "L" prior to adding the "ED".
  • They never marshaled as much enthusiasm for the many repeats of the game called "Last One Through the House Has to Kiss Hester"; maybe they realized, later, that I began to intentionally lose the game.†  (source)
    marshaled = organized, arranged, or led
  • The Mallisters still hold Seagard and Walder Frey is marshaling his levies at the Twins.†  (source)
    marshaling = organizing, arranging, or leading
  • Marshalling the last of his strength, Langdon dolphin-kicked his legs and pulled his arms beneath him in an awkward butterfly stroke.†  (source)
    unconventional spelling: This is a British spelling. Americans do not repeat the "L" prior to adding the "ING".
  • In the middle of the room stood a man in a uniform, who shouted in a loud, high voice: "As a candidate for the marshalship of the nobility of the province we call upon staff-captain Yevgeney Ivanovitch Apuhtin!"†  (source)
  • Of such vicissitude in heaven I thought, As the great sign, that marshaleth the world And the world's leaders, in the blessed beak Was silent; for that all those living lights, Waxing in splendour, burst forth into songs, Such as from memory glide and fall away.†  (source)
    marshaleth = organizes, arranges, or leads
    standard suffix: Today, the suffix "-eth" is replaced by "-s", so that where they said "She marshaleth" in older English, today we say "She marshals."
  • There on the wide flats beside the noisy river were marshalled in many companies well nigh five and fifty hundreds of Riders fully armed, and many hundreds of other men with spare horses lightly burdened.†  (source)
    marshalled = organized, arranged, or led
  • He hesitated for a moment, wondering how best to embark on what he wanted to say; as he marshaled his thoughts, Celestina Warbeck began a ballad called "You Charmed the Heart Right Out of Me."†  (source)
  • He tried to impose order now on the random movement before him, and almost succeeded: marshaling centers, warrant officers behind makeshift desks, rubber stamps and dockets, roped-off lines toward the waiting boats; hectoring sergeants, tedious queues around mobile canteens.†  (source)
    marshaling = organizing, arranging, or leading
  • The cautious opening of the door of the church meant only that Mr. Brown the livery-stable keeper (gowned in black in his intermittent character of sexton) was taking a preliminary survey of the scene before marshalling his forces.†  (source)
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common meaning

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  • It was a large garden, only half cultivated, with bushes, as big as summer-houses, of Marshal Niel roses, lime and orange trees, clumps of bamboos, and thickets of high grass.  (source)
    Marshal = a name
  • Sorry, folks, but y'all know the fire marshal's rules.†  (source)
  • After Sylvia and Louise got home, a Western Union telegram arrived from the provost marshal general.†  (source)
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  • It took a moment before he could marshal the courage to draw a breath, shape his lips, and exhale.†  (source)
  • According to Wikipedia, Ruby Ridge was the site of a deadly standoff between Randy Weaver and a number of Federal agencies, including the U.S. Marshals Service and the FBI.†  (source)
  • A Type II civilization can marshal the energy equivalent to the output of a typical star-1026 watts.†  (source)
  • They'd stay for a few days until U.S. Marshals arrived to take them to a secret destination.†  (source)
  • It was none other than Field Marshal Kutuzov attaining higher ground to take measure of his foes.†  (source)
  • They went from well-attended to packed to sold-out to lines around the corner to fire marshals showing up.†  (source)
  • Without Ron and Hermione to help him he could not seem to marshal his ideas.†  (source)
  • The marshals dropped Papi off in Trenton.†  (source)
  • I thought then that Wayne Parr would always reign as our grand marshal.†  (source)
  • By then he was living with Sherene, who's been real nice to have him, considering the U.S. marshals have already been by his mom's house.†  (source)
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