long-distance call

Example Sentences

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Mead panicked, placing a long-distance call to Benedict that appears to have threatened a break between them.

From Slate • Feb. 10, 2024

What time do you make a long-distance call home?’”

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 27, 2023

Now, 14 years after his grandfather’s death, Paul received a long-distance call from his father.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 8, 2022

Somebody came up and told me I had a long-distance call at the front desk.

From Golf Digest • Apr. 28, 2020

“There’s a long-distance call for you,” he continued in the tone of the judge performing the disagreeable duty of telling the defendant his right.

From "A Separate Peace" by John Knowles