calling attention to
Example Sentences
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Lenders have been calling attention to the discrepancy in data.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026
Brenda Jaimes pushed her way through an ecstatic crowd in downtown Santa Ana Thursday night, stopping in the middle of Fourth Street and calling attention to herself by shouting, “Me! Me!”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 19, 2026
During the Tokyo Olympics in 2021, a French father who was based in Japan staged a hunger strike, calling attention to what he said was the kidnapping of his children by his ex-wife.
From BBC ● Apr. 1, 2026
Other groups are providing nonviolent civil disobedience training, for example, which organizers describe as calling attention to the injustice of the current policy.
From Salon ● Feb. 13, 2026
When a man is getting sick in an airline seat next to you, you may not want to embarrass him by calling attention to the problem.
From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston
