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call

[kawl] / kɔl /










VERB
attempt to communicate by telephone
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The series plays like a requiem as well as a call to action.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 19, 2026

Middlesbrough staff believe he may have been live-streaming the session via a video call.

From BBC • May 19, 2026

Initially, police deployed to an area around a high school with which the suspect was associated, until they received a call of an active shooter at the Islamic Center.

From Barron's • May 18, 2026

The culprit is structural, not political: Economists call it Baumol’s cost disease.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 18, 2026

“The reason I left school had to do with a . . .” I was at a loss as what to call Russell.

From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu




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