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Helen Miller, director of the Institute for Fiscal Studies, said the Budget "has a raft of fiddly measures but very little that will move the dial on growth".

From BBC ● Oct. 28, 2026

Recent examples include Ford trucks’ BlueCruise hands-free towing and the G.O.A.T. dial, for Goes Over Any Type of Terrain, in its Bronco lines.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026

Does Sir Idris Elba have the King on speed dial?

From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026

It’s always helpful to have a trust-and-estate attorney on speed dial.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 27, 2026

The first officer spun the dial of a safe, opened it, and pulled out an envelope marked TOP SECRET.

From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin

"It is basically taking the idea of butt dials and what if they were a symptom of something more deadly."

From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026

When Lane Kiffin dials a number, the person on the other end usually answers and takes the call.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 24, 2026

Subscriptions could drive another $7 billion in revenue, Nowak said, and $2 of earnings growth, as the group begins “turning emerging monetization dials and creating new costs to compete for audiences and wallet share.”

From Barron's ● Jun. 3, 2026

It also immediately dials up pressure on the White House from consumers and businesses who are seeking payback.

From MarketWatch ● Feb. 20, 2026

He darted over to the radio, leaned all his weight on one of the dials, and snapped it on.

From "The Cricket in Times Square" by George Selden

To have a chance against a team that was, as Dodgers utility man Kiké Hernández said, “almost playing perfect baseball,” they needed him dialed in and not tinkering, not staying late searching.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026

Mark Wolfe, executive director of the National Energy Assistance Directors Association, just dialed up his forecast for expected household heating costs for those who depend on oil.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026

She dialed the Comanche Police Department, and within minutes, a sheriff’s deputy arrived, followed by emergency responders.

From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026

Recent numbers from Goldman Sachs’s prime brokerage unit showed equity-focused hedge funds have dialed back their net exposure to stocks to some of the lowest levels of the past year.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 10, 2026

Then, against my better judgment, I went downstairs to the pay phone and dialed Francis’s number.

From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt

One of five men arrested near RAF Fairford in the early hours of Sunday morning had dialled 999 himself, the BBC understands.

From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026

The central bank also dialled down its threat of interventions to weaken the franc by removing its reference to having an “increased willingness” to act.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026

"They phoned the airbase police, who didn't answer the phone. It just rang out so she dialled 999," he told the BBC.

From Barron's ● Sep. 27, 2026

I got the timing of everything so dialled in, with the kerb hits, how you hit the kerb, brake points, all of these things.

From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026

He dialled the call on a secondary phone.

From "Fahrenheit 451" by Ray Bradbury

Safety concerns aside, investors appear to be dialing back their expectations for Anthropic’s IPO as new details about the company’s financials have emerged.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 16, 2026

Brock Purdy is on fire and Kyle Shanahan is dialing it up.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2026

By dialing down the sweetener in the original formula, the 70-year-old theorized, fellow chai addicts must now plunk down more for pumps of vanilla syrup or other add-ins to remake their drink.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026

But rather than dialing anything back, the big players are just revving their engines more and more.

From Slate ● Sep. 1, 2026

Papi asks, then hurries away to the phone and begins dialing some numbers.

From "Before We Were Free" by Julia Alvarez

Manchester's Nico O'Reilly has the city's 0161 dialling code tattooed on his arm, while Declan Rice keeps in touch with his old PE teacher at Grey Court School near Kingston upon Thames.

From BBC ● Jun. 26, 2026

Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said Saturday she believed US President Donald Trump still desires to own Greenland despite dialling back his recent threats to seize it by force.

From Barron's ● Feb. 14, 2026

It will be filmed in a studio in New York, but with reporters dialling in from the England camp and fan zones.

From BBC ● Dec. 3, 2025

"I started dialling numbers on my mobile phone like crazy, but I couldn't get in touch with my wife and children," he said.

From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2025

When he had finished dialling, he picked up his handkerchief from the desk and put it over the mouthpiece, quite loosely and mounted rather high.

From "Franny and Zooey" by J. D. Salinger