calling

Example Sentences

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After weeks calling the agency only to get a recorded message, she woke before sunrise recently to wait in line at an Arizona Department of Economic Security office in south Phoenix.

From Salon • Apr. 9, 2026

But rather than extricate themselves by any means short of actually calling the police, they sink deeper and deeper into an all-consuming situation, their efforts to survive becoming increasingly extreme, never mind unlikely.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026

He’s started calling customers with whom he had flat rates to renegotiate prices.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2026

Families who use the services at the Sunndach facility in Livingston and Calareidh in Edinburgh contacted BBC's Your Voice calling for all political parties to support keeping both open.

From BBC • Apr. 8, 2026

Now Uncle Sam was calling somebody up out of the mob.

From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck