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phone

[fohn] / foʊn /


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The phone numbers on the website are also currently listed online as the contacts for a Houston baklava caterer, a Dallas-area taxi service and an OB-GYN office.

From Salon • Jun. 11, 2026

She, too, has been paid to have a phone strapped to her forehead.

From Barron's • Jun. 11, 2026

Met Police Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley has asked the home secretary for legislation to make phone companies publish data on stolen devices, and to enforce measures rendering handsets effectively unusable.

From BBC • Jun. 11, 2026

His wife was just happy to have her phone to herself.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026

I set my phone down on the bench beside me and pull the plate closer.

From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam




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