That is also why Churchill's image was so often invoked in the days after the 9/11 attacks.

In 1996, the act was invoked after the Khobar Towers bombing although ultimately no funds were obligated under it.

In 2001, act was invoked immediately after the September 11 terrorist attacks.

Many signs - odd animal behavior, strange light in the sky, tidal forces - tend to be invoked after the fact.

She is also invoked after childbirth on the sixth day of each month until the child reaches puberty, especially when the child is sick.

He was invoked after the creation of the world within the sky, and was directed to give man all his knowledge.

Some of his quotations, invoked in book after book, have a certain shopworn quality.

It was also invoked after the next critical in-flight failure, which occurred on the Apollo 13 lunar mission in April 1970.

The Commission's original proposal provided for a derogation whereby the design right could no longer be invoked against such use after a period of three years.

Until recently, the rule was usually invoked after college boosters and professional agents gave gifts and cash to athletes.