roll call

Example Sentences

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And after this week, there is a growing possibility it could happen in full daylight with a roll call vote in the Senate.

From Salon • Apr. 17, 2026

Ken Rudd said he was ex-Army himself and understood there was a nominal roll call and an electronic roll call on the base.

From BBC • Apr. 10, 2026

The effect is as interesting as reading a grade-school roll call.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

A roll call of local jazz heroes raised here: There are Charles Mingus and Eric Dolphy in Watts, coming of age together.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 28, 2026

He intoned a roll call of words: “Do-you-think-you-can-escape-from-my-clutches?”

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan