call in
Example Sentences
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"My shifts at work landed on the same days, too. During my morning shower, I felt faint; I had to be realistic and call in sick. My body was completely exhausted, aching and cramping."
From BBC • Jul. 8, 2026
Portugal’s win over Croatia, clinched by an offside call in stoppage time, pulled an even bigger audience to become what Fox said was the most-watched English-language World Cup match not featuring the U.S.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jul. 7, 2026
“AI system performance is architecturally dependent on memory subsystem performance and capacity,” Micron CEO Sanjay Mehrotra said on the company’s latest earnings call in June.
From MarketWatch • Jul. 3, 2026
But it feels more egregious than a bad call in the run of play because it’s justice — or injustice — meted out arbitrarily, unevenly and after the fact.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 2, 2026
I have been given opportunities to answer this call in my own city in smaller, daily ways.
From "While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement" by Carolyn Maull McKinstry
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