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The department’s aviation and mountain rescue units were called out.

From Los Angeles Times

Isis Wu, its president of global residential fire & safety, adds, "In the case of a fire, it'll send you an alert and it'll ask you to confirm before you call out the fire department."

From BBC

Luckily, Emily Blunt wasn’t just brave enough to turn in a decent performance in one of last year’s worst movies, but so strong-willed she called out this awful trend.

From Salon

In a moment of silence, Palisadians called out the names of loved ones who had died in the aftermath.

From Los Angeles Times

On Sunday, both called out Big Tech and Congress for not doing enough to protect Americans from the risks of what Sanders called “the most consequential technology of our lifetime.”

From Barron's