call
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As Cunningham protested the call, Wilson walked over to a Fever fan who had been standing in front of his seat in the second row behind the basket and pointing in Wilson’s direction.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 30, 2026
For people who are tired of having to schedule calls with their friends, Smith suggested agreeing with two or three of your closest people that a text before a call is never needed.
From Salon ● Sep. 30, 2026
“It is no longer appropriate to pick up your phone and call your friend whenever you feel like it.”
From Salon ● Sep. 30, 2026
“Please do not text me to ask if you can call me,” she said.
From Salon ● Sep. 30, 2026
I hear the cutie in the sundress call her boyfriend “Trey.”
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
In February 2026, a YouGov survey found that 68% of surveyed Americans said text messaging had replaced at least some of the phone calls they used to make.
From Salon ● Sep. 30, 2026
“Now, when one of us calls, we just say ‘cold call, cold call,’ which immediately makes us both laugh and kicks off our conversation,” Black said.
From Salon ● Sep. 30, 2026
For people who are tired of having to schedule calls with their friends, Smith suggested agreeing with two or three of your closest people that a text before a call is never needed.
From Salon ● Sep. 30, 2026
In fact, Hall added, when mobile phones first became more widespread, there was a backlash against taking private calls in public.
From Salon ● Sep. 30, 2026
“I’m not mad at you, Will,” Caesar calls.
From "Will’s Race for Home" by Jewell Parker Rhodes
But the four-time league MVP is not apologizing for her actions that led to the foul being called.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 30, 2026
Speaking in February 2024, Dame Esther said when she first got in touch with Sir Nicholas, who she called Nicky, she "congratulated him on his extraordinary achievement".
From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026
The family’s investment portfolio includes a London skyscraper called Tower 42, Australian real-estate company Abacus Property Group and a stake in outsourced CIO firm Partners Capital.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026
Turkey has been wrestling with the fallout from an investment fund scandal that erupted this month with the collapse of what officials have called a "Ponzi-like" scheme.
From Barron's ● Sep. 30, 2026
“You can’t see it on this map,” Caesar says, touching the dirt beyond our map, “but there’s more and more land west of Texas and Oklahoma. There’s a place called California. I’ve heard it’s beautiful.”
From "Will’s Race for Home" by Jewell Parker Rhodes
Melanie Tornroth, a 45-year-old working mom, said she absolutely expects people to text before calling first.
From Salon ● Sep. 30, 2026
JPMorgan Chase Co-President Doug Petno said the bank is projecting its markets revenue to grow in the “mid- to high-teens” compared with the year-ago quarter, calling it “a very strong quarter.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026
Instead, the fate of this hard-charging bull market — which will reach its fourth birthday in October — depends entirely on what BofA is calling the ‘AI put.’
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 30, 2026
Those closed-door trade talks went "very well," Trump said, while calling Lula "very dynamic."
From Barron's ● Sep. 30, 2026
But my eyes were too heavy to open, and my mind was deep in dreams, so I gave in to the sleep that was calling me back.
From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler
