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call

[kawl] / kɔl /










VERB
attempt to communicate by telephone
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Call it a stretch, call it being good at your job, but it’s difficult to deny how much of Jolie is embedded within the screenplay.

From Salon • Jun. 29, 2026

The 36-year-old, who shot to fame as the tea lady in BBC Three fly-on-the-wall series The Call Centre, was diagnosed with ADHD, external at 20.

From BBC • Jun. 26, 2026

Call me a Dow hater, if you must.

From Barron's • Jun. 24, 2026

Call them “fail-sons,” incompetent scions who, no matter how hard they try, will never be as accomplished as their rich or powerful parents.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 22, 2026

“Then use the pay phone by the laundry room. Call her collect. She’ll love that.”

From "Free Lunch" by Rex Ogle




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