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Gwent Coroner's Court heard Davies, from Hollybush in Cwmbran, Torfaen, was able to dial 999 after the incident, but died in hospital.

From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2026

A traditional copper line carries power over the line, so even if the power is out at your house and you pick up the phone, you’ll have a dial tone, he said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 10, 2026

Or maybe both sides are already trying to dial things back.

From Slate ● Jul. 9, 2026

They used a tablet to dial into a video call led by Justin Trudeau.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 6, 2026

Cat turned the stove’s dial and put bread in the toaster.

From "Caterpillar Summer" by Gillian McDunn

Extend an arm without a slight bend and it can lock straight out until the trainer dials down the machine.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 1, 2026

It also immediately dials up pressure on the White House from consumers and businesses who are seeking payback.

From MarketWatch ● Feb. 20, 2026

Inside an abandoned control room at Ukraine's Chernobyl nuclear power plant, a worker in an orange hardhat gazed at a grey wall of seemingly endless dials, screens and gauges that were supposed to prevent disaster.

From Barron's ● Dec. 26, 2025

Gothic choruses! – and dials them up to 11.

From BBC ● Dec. 20, 2025

Now a man sitting with his back to me, manipulating dials on a panel.

From "Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison

Corporate investigations and prosecutions that were happening a few years ago “have pretty much been dialed way back,” said Evan T. Barr, a former federal prosecutor now with the law firm Reed Smith.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 19, 2026

Traders have since dialed back expectations of a rate hike after U.S. inflation readings came in softer than expected.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 15, 2026

After my knees were nearly buckled by a series of shooting pains behind my eyeballs, I dialed again and got a friendly voice that said:

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 1, 2026

Then, hoping to avoid any urgent diaper events, I ducked into the next room and dialed up the president.

From Salon ● Jun. 24, 2026

I dropped in more change and dialed my mom’s number again.

From "We Were Here" by Matt De La Peña

When Prince Harry dialled in later on during the episode, Meghan told them: "My husband's here," prompting cheers and shocked faces from contestants and spectators.

From BBC ● Jul. 26, 2026

The economy had been set for a rebound this year on the back of hefty government spending, but forecasts have been dialled back due to the conflict.

From Barron's ● Jun. 16, 2026

"Really scared" Pearl unlocked her mum's phone, dialled 999 and told call handler Gen Hinds: "She's lying on the sofa… she's not awake. Her eyes keep on opening and closing."

From BBC ● Apr. 10, 2026

"Apollo Go, are you paralysed?" one person wrote on social media, alongside a video of unanswered calls to the company dialled from an in-car tablet.

From Barron's ● Apr. 1, 2026

I held out for about three minutes before I retrieved the phone and dialled into voice mail.

From "The Girl on the Train" by Paula Hawkins

Wall Street has been busy dialing up expectations for U.S. refiners’ second-quarter profits and sales.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 15, 2026

“There is something so therapeutic in physically dialing the number,” Clifton-Hawkins said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 6, 2026

Microsoft has since softened its approach, dialing back the branding of some AI tools and even discontinuing free, built-in Copilot access in certain Office applications.

From Barron's ● Jun. 25, 2026

That’s why Haigh and his team at SocGen now expect “market normalization” in mid-May, dialing back from their prior expectations for April.

From MarketWatch ● Apr. 14, 2026

My modem was sadly outdated, my free service substandard; just dialing up took so long that I decided to go get myself a bowl of cereal while I waited.

From "Twilight" by Stephenie Meyer

This gives the heart a bigger job of pumping it around the body and it copes by dialling up the blood pressure - a bit like cranking the tap on a garden hose pipe.

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

"However, there is clearly concern that Rightmove is jumping on the bandwagon in dialling up its AI spending."

From BBC ● Nov. 7, 2025

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