phone
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Sticky notes on a phone at a desk.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026
Like Harvey, Williams was asleep when she was awakened by a phone call from her husband, who was out of town.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026
Yesterday, we asked whether you would buy a foldable phone.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026
According to book extracts published by Haaretz, UAE President Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan had a phone call with Netanyahu that September.
From BBC ● Sep. 10, 2026
I squeeze my eyes shut and count and breathe, count and breathe, before I grab my phone and head out the door.
From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam
We break down the new phones and the best ways to buy them.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026
He noted that the $100 price hikes on newer and earlier-generation phones came in below the $150 to $200 increases on iPad and MacBooks instituted this summer.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 10, 2026
The model represents the company’s largest change yet to its iconic line of mobile phones, and is the thinnest iPhone to date when unfolded, Apple says at its fall product showcase.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026
Customers in the United States will be able to pay for new phones, iPads, Macs and Apple Watches in monthly installments through Apple Upgrade, a leasing program offered with the buy-now-pay-later giant Klarna.
From Barron's ● Sep. 9, 2026
“I remember seeing Harry Glicken curled up in a dark corner at the Vancouver headquarters,” said Brugman who was still staffing the phones late that day.
From "Mountain of Fire" by Rebecca E. F. Barone
As I was leaving my apartment that morning, my father phoned me.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026
Salonen was on the jury of the Gustav Mahler Conducting Competition that Dudamel won and phoned Borda from Bamberg, famously describing the boyish Dudamel as “a conducting animal.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026
"It wasn't just 20 second phone calls, some people phoned me back so I had a few longer conversations," he said.
From BBC ● Aug. 7, 2026
The vote proved too close to call on Tuesday evening, but by Wednesday morning, El-Sayed had claimed the win, and Stevens had phoned him to concede.
From Slate ● Aug. 5, 2026
Today Mr. Dreher phoned the office and asked Mr. Kugler to come and see him.
From "The Diary of a Young Girl" by Anne Frank
At a pivotal point in “The Christophers,” Lori explains how she can see that Julian was phoning it in during his later series of the titular paintings.
From Salon ● Apr. 17, 2026
"It's hard to navigate and it's hard to understand why they're phoning England when they should be phoning here and they get treatment here."
From BBC ● Mar. 15, 2026
A birthday kid from Long Island phoning his father on one of the rotary phones in the lobby.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 13, 2026
When he wasn’t there, we were phoning every day.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 16, 2026
Two girls from the Chase Comprehensive were phoning their dads from the phone box by Mr. Rhydd's.
From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell
