cold call

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“I don’t have time to cold call all day,” said one real estate agent who asked to remain anonymous due to the potential taboo of using the technology.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 14, 2024

Back then, Taylor received a cold call from the CEO of BMG, Hartwig Masuch.

From Salon • Sep. 30, 2023

“It’s not a cold call, but a quicker way to vulnerability and hitting the royal flush.”

From Washington Times • Mar. 23, 2023

AP: How many of these singers did you know well already and how many were like a cold call?

From Seattle Times • Oct. 7, 2022

The company’s marketing manager, Rajesh Rao, told me that he had just made a cold call to the VP for engineering of a U.S. company, trying to drum up business.

From "The World Is Flat" by Thomas L. Friedman