calling

Example Sentences

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But Mauro Lubrano, a lecturer in International Relations at the University of Bath, said calling such actors lone wolves "is actually not that accurate, because these groups are embedded in some sort of digital ecosystem."

From Barron's • Apr. 29, 2026

“It has been a boom. We have people in our area calling us saying they wanted our ‘KPop’ show because my daughter speaks Spanish,” Diaz says in Spanish.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 29, 2026

Tlaib loosened the room immediately, teasing her teenage niece, calling her “the future” while the girl shrank in embarrassment.

From Slate • Apr. 29, 2026

He doesn’t typically fly first-class, calling himself an “old cheapskate.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 29, 2026

She was one of sixty-eight early feminists who signed the revolutionary Declaration of Sentiments, calling for equal citizenship for women in the United States.

From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock