calling

Example Sentences

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Trucking executives are calling an end to one of the longest freight downturns in carriers’ memory.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026

Department of Veterans Affairs is calling for bids to build fewer than a third of that number with a delivery date seven months later.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026

Republican strategist Kevin Spillane credits Hilton’s TV show, “The Next Revolution,” which ran for six years, with boosting his profile, calling Fox News the most important media vehicle within the conservative and Republican framework.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026

Several of those were claimed by a new group calling itself Harakat Ashab al-Yamin.

From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026

I thought about running to the drugstore and calling in sick, but I knew if I didn’t go in, Ma would hover over me, fretting and trying to nurse me.

From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu