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Employment data for October is out Friday, and a third-straight weak report could dial back market expectations for rate hikes, analysts say.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 3, 2026

She’ll have to dial back soon, however, because she has spinal surgery planned to fix persistent neck pain.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 24, 2026

Does Sir Idris Elba have the King on speed dial?

From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026

It’s always helpful to have a trust-and-estate attorney on speed dial.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 27, 2026

Once a week or so, if I found a quiet moment, I’d pick up the phone and dial the number for our apartment on Euclid.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama

It’s wonderful to behold their many primitive-looking screens, buttons, dials and keyboards, and know that these same tools were responsible for the safety of the astronauts as they blasted into the unknown.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2026

A few years later it bought Nateber SA, a maker of dials, and watch manufacturer Joseph Erard Holding.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 7, 2026

Subscriptions could drive another $7 billion in revenue, Nowak said, and $2 of earnings growth, as the group begins “turning emerging monetization dials and creating new costs to compete for audiences and wallet share.”

From Barron's ● Jun. 3, 2026

Customers outside Iran call his Turkish phone on WhatsApp and he then dials their loved ones on his Iranian mobile.

From BBC ● Mar. 15, 2026

She dials and we all wait anxiously while the phone rings on speaker.

From "Popcorn" by Rob Harrell

By the time Skubal faced Baldwin again, with two outs in the third, his whole arsenal was dialed in.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2026

She dialed the Comanche Police Department, and within minutes, a sheriff’s deputy arrived, followed by emergency responders.

From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026

But by 2025, citing weakening discretionary spending, it dialed back the plan and closed 45 locations.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026

Recent numbers from Goldman Sachs’s prime brokerage unit showed equity-focused hedge funds have dialed back their net exposure to stocks to some of the lowest levels of the past year.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 10, 2026

I pushed buttons and all thoughts of Colton out of my head—at least I tried to—and dialed every auto supply, hair salon, pharmacy, antique store, grocery, and diner in town.

From "Hope Springs" by Jaime Berry

The suspect called the police almost an hour before a farmer also dialled 999 after seeing men in balaclavas.

From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026

The central bank also dialled down its threat of interventions to weaken the franc by removing its reference to having an “increased willingness” to act.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026

"They phoned the airbase police, who didn't answer the phone. It just rang out so she dialled 999," he told the BBC.

From Barron's ● Sep. 27, 2026

Perhaps that dialled down the sense of occasion a notch.

From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026

He then picked up the phone without any perceptible hesitation and dialled a local number.

From "Franny and Zooey" by J. D. Salinger

Vodafone VOD -1.68%decrease; red down pointing triangle Group is dialing up its cost-savings target for its U.K. unit VodafoneThree, saying it expects the business to be a key driver of the group’s midterm ambitions.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026

Home-insurance premiums hit a record high in June, dialing up the heat on homeowners’ budgets across America.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 9, 2026

By dialing down the sweetener in the original formula, their theory goes, Starbucks is forcing them to spend more on pumps of vanilla syrup or other add-ins to remake their drink.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026

But rather than dialing anything back, the big players are just revving their engines more and more.

From Slate ● Sep. 1, 2026

So I opened the phone book again and started dialing, hoping I’d find one of those people who knew her.

From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot

Manchester's Nico O'Reilly has the city's 0161 dialling code tattooed on his arm, while Declan Rice keeps in touch with his old PE teacher at Grey Court School near Kingston upon Thames.

From BBC ● Jun. 26, 2026

Anyone becoming unwell with symptoms of meningitis or sepsis should seek medical help urgently at the closest Accident and Emergency Department or by dialling 999.

From BBC ● May 15, 2026

Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said Saturday she believed US President Donald Trump still desires to own Greenland despite dialling back his recent threats to seize it by force.

From Barron's ● Feb. 14, 2026

Organisers of the youth-led protest movement known as GenZ 212 - the number refers to Morocco's international dialling code - have distanced themselves from the violence.

From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2025

When he had finished dialling, he picked up his handkerchief from the desk and put it over the mouthpiece, quite loosely and mounted rather high.

From "Franny and Zooey" by J. D. Salinger