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dial

verb as in tune to desired position

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The incentives that fuel American political life reward the people and platforms that turn up the heat, not those who dial tensions down.

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Mr Gannon's mother Anne had dialled 999 after midnight and reported that her son was having breathing issues, "could barely get words out" and was speaking "gibberish".

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The Radio Times suggested "such beloved characters deserve a better film", while the Telegraph offered only three stars, telling fans to "dial down your expectations to -11".

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It also has all of his comedy superpowers just dialed to the max.

“It’s really fun to dial up the maliciousness and the duplicitous nature of a woman,” Cooke adds.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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