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[fohn] / foʊn /


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After that meeting, Store and Finnish President Alexander Stubb had a 90-minute phone call with Russia's President Vladimir Putin -- which Frederiksen slammed and said had not been coordinated with Nordic neighbours.

From Barron's ● Nov. 10, 2026

Tetiana shows us a video on her phone taken a few days earlier.

From BBC ● Nov. 10, 2026

People who apply by phone will have to take their bank statements to the council's offices in Oxted.

From BBC ● Nov. 9, 2026

LANDOVER, Md. — Myles Garrett sat at his locker, “Hard Times” by Ray Charles playing loudly from his phone.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 9, 2026

I perch on the stool, finally remembering I’m still holding my phone.

From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith

"There were no mobile phones back then, and no private cars either because of the lack of petrol. The bicycle was king," she said in an interview two years ago.

From BBC ● Nov. 10, 2026

"Obviously, the Altrincham fans all had their phones on with the lights trying to put the Notts County players off as well in the fog. A unique evening all around."

From BBC ● Nov. 8, 2026

And Davidson's teenage voice still lives on in many people's mobile phones.

From BBC ● Nov. 6, 2026

These stores also had at least two pay phones.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2026

Half the audience had their phones out, and the other half could just as easily whip them out.

From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny

"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

First thinking it was likely to be a light aircraft or helicopter, often seen flying around the landmark, he phoned his wife who was at their home in Lower Manhattan.

From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026

As I was leaving my apartment that morning, my father phoned me.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026

Chalong then left the scene, and phoned a startled journalist he knew who was in the middle of a live broadcast on YouTube, to tell her what had happened.

From BBC ● Aug. 16, 2026

She phoned my mum that evening and one week later I was taken to see Mrs. de Roo, the speech therapist at Malvern Link Clinic.

From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell

"As soon as a flat comes onto the market, 50 people are phoning," she told AFP at the couple's new flat in suburban Madrid, where boxes lay unpacked.

From Barron's ● Oct. 15, 2026

Kaur says the family visited the West Bromwich branch of MPK to resolve the matter, but found it had closed, leaving them to try phoning Singh and his staff every day.

From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2026

People forget what shopping looked like before Amazon: flipping through glossy catalogs, mailing or phoning in orders and waiting weeks for delivery.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 31, 2026

At a pivotal point in “The Christophers,” Lori explains how she can see that Julian was phoning it in during his later series of the titular paintings.

From Salon ● Apr. 17, 2026

She had tried phoning him three times before she set out, but she supposed he'd gone to see his daughter again.

From "Inkheart" by Cornelia Funke


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