collect call
Example Sentences
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Although her children could be heard in the background of a March 20 collect call obtained by People, she referenced them being taken from her custody in another call two days later.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 6, 2026
A teaser for director Geno McDermott’s film opens with chilling audio of a collect call Hernandez made to his fiancee, Shayanna Jenkins.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 20, 2019
Company product managers discussed testing new features to collect call logs on Android smartphones in a way that might have made it harder for users to understand what they were giving away.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 5, 2018
Lydia: On this we certainly agree: That glimpse of Jessa and Shoshanna watching “Scandal” and failing to accept a collect call from Hannah was not nearly enough of the girls for me.
From New York Times ● Jan. 18, 2015
I picked up the phone and there was the recorded voice again, saying it was a collect call from Marcus Johnson.
From "From the Desk of Zoe Washington" by Janae Marks
