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phone call

[fohn kawl] / ˈfoʊn ˌkɔl /


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“You’d be getting a phone call from me about an hour after we say goodbye, confessing all,” Seehorn answers, smiling.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 6, 2026

The U.S. took the same precaution two years earlier, when an inspector received a threatening phone call.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 6, 2026

Or a woman taking a phone call on loudspeaker before scrolling at volume through her social feed.

From BBC Aug. 5, 2026

Hussain Tantawi was woken by a frantic phone call from a neighbor at 3:25 a.m. on Sunday.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 1, 2026

“The phone call should be coming any minute now.”

From "Amari and the Night Brothers" by B.B. Alston




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