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calling for

ADJECTIVE
requesting
Synonyms




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A nurse calling for the spiritual care team to visit quietly with the mother of a dying child.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 12, 2026

Two months later, Raman unveiled a plan to ask voters to rewrite Measure ULA, calling for her ballot proposal to be fast-tracked to the council.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 12, 2026

However, Elmbridge Borough Council recently passed a motion calling for the future East Surrey council to update its tree strategy to consider survival rates.

From BBC ● Oct. 11, 2026

Thousands of people on Saturday joined pro-Palestinian marches in London, Berlin and Dublin calling for an end to Israeli strikes on Gaza, three years after Hamas's October 7 attack.

From Barron's ● Oct. 10, 2026

“I was calling for such a long time and you didn’t hear!”

From "Healer of the Water Monster" by Brian Young




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