collect call
Example Sentences
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Although her children could be heard in the background of a March 20 collect call obtained by People, she referenced them being taken from her custody in another call two days later.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 6, 2026
A teaser for director Geno McDermott’s film opens with chilling audio of a collect call Hernandez made to his fiancee, Shayanna Jenkins.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 20, 2019
It has been almost two weeks, and he still will not even answer the phone, possibly a collect call from Stockholm.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 27, 2016
But when he made the collect call to his mother, she was having none of it.
From New York Times ● Dec. 6, 2014
Instead, a recording came on the line, saying, “This is a collect call from an inmate at the Massachusetts State Penitentiary...,” before another person chimed in.
From "From the Desk of Zoe Washington" by Janae Marks
