called for
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She’s called for criminal probes into banking executives for failing to catch blowups.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2026
Public and private education unions have called for strike action, as well as unions representing rail workers, public hospitals and postal services.
From Barron's ● Nov. 5, 2026
Each team was called for 12 fouls in the first half.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 5, 2026
It called for these trains to be removed from the fleet, a move also backed by the RMT union.
From BBC ● Nov. 4, 2026
In 1620 Francis Bacon called for a Great Instauration—‘instauration’ here means ‘founding’, and the term is suitably vague.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
Feel free to replace the called-for spices with store-bought chili seasoning to taste.
From Salon ● Sep. 12, 2022
Check out this detailed walkthrough from Food 52 for making sufganiyot, but instead of the called-for apricot jam, consider a variation that uses blood orange marmalade.
From Salon ● Nov. 27, 2021
Too many people in that organization are overpaid and lack the called-for belly fire.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 4, 2020
He still seems to be in his £25,000 shepherd’s hut, writing this wildly called-for book of his, with the publication date now pushed back again to some unspecified date next year.
From The Guardian ● Nov. 2, 2018
But Dad hated unprintable words, and the fact that he had stood up for his son didn’t prevent him from holding a full-dress court of inquiry once he got home, and administering the called-for punishment.
From "Cheaper by the Dozen" by Frank B. Gilbreth Jr. and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey
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