- present participle of call.
calling
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Venezuelan former first lady Cilia Flores has a "very delicate" heart condition, her son-in-law told AFP on Monday, calling for her release from the US prison where she was jailed alongside Nicolas Maduro.
From Barron's ● Oct. 5, 2026
“It’s about time they start calling her a victim,” one Facebook user said in a post.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 5, 2026
The pressure group recorded its first major victory in July when it forced the then Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan to resign after weeks of protests calling for education reforms.
From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2026
They stopped calling on Najya in class, making her “so frustrated that, waving her hand furiously, she began to blurt out the answers.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 2026
“But the Afterlife has led me here to offer you another chance. If you come, you will become an Usher of wandering souls. If you refuse this calling, you will die.”
From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman
The characters grapple with the difficulty of aligning their moral callings with the competitive nature of professional success.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 21, 2026
Educating young people about classical music and, most importantly, exposing them to the joys of it, remains one of Conlon’s most urgent callings.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 13, 2024
He is generous with details and evocative descriptions of his many callings.
From Washington Times ● Jan. 24, 2023
Working long hours in my callings was part of the appeal.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 30, 2022
“No. We don’t get callings because we live so far. How about you? Do you play in the praise band at your new church?”
From "The Serpent King" by Jeff Zentner
