call

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Adriana Gonzalez said she was asleep when she got the call that her father was being detained, prompting her to storm out of the house without shoes.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026

In January, speaking with investors on the company’s fourth-quarter earnings call, he addressed concerns the company was relying on acquisitions for growth.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

Don’t worry: This isn’t a call to flee stocks.

From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026

Zelensky said the offer of a holiday truce was still on the table if Moscow agreed, and that message had been passed on in a call to Trump's envoys, Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner.

From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026

It was the kind that the clans call the smoke-frost: an icy breath that descends from the High Mountains at the start of winter, blackening berries and sending small creatures scuttling for their burrows.

From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver