call
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Francis Skilling, a physician and longtime subscriber who got a fake credit-card text and returned the call, marveled at the scammer’s professional-sounding patter.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026
“We’re pursuing all options to hold them accountable,” LeMasters said during the call.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026
However, if the stocks fall past an agreed level it can trigger what is known as a margin call - when a broker demands payment of the debt.
From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026
“I call that ghost approval. Technically, you approved it,” Herres said.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 13, 2026
I told her I’d call her when I got home, but she’s not good at waiting.
From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam
Tuhill said the service's fire control team had dealt with thousands of 999 calls through the day, and added the fires were "one of the most significant" incidents the service had ever dealt with.
From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026
The memorandum also calls for a new public shipyard “to supercharge submarine repair and restore the American industrial base.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026
The citizen-led effort calls for him to be declared persona non grata and removed from Canada.
From Barron's ● Aug. 13, 2026
Skew in this instance measures how much extra premium traders pay for puts relative to calls.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 13, 2026
“Hello, hello?” he calls as he opens the door.
From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison
In that period she worked for a mortgage brokerage company called OLG Financial.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
Earth, Wind & Fire abruptly called off its concert in San Francisco, citing a band member’s medical emergency.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026
Senator Ruben Gallego called for "an official oversight visit with the bipartisan Senate delegation... to investigate the reported alarming conditions."
From Barron's ● Aug. 13, 2026
Emergency services were called to the Elliot Industrial Estate in Arbroath shortly after midnight on 3 August following reports that a child had been found injured.
From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026
“Autism spectrum disorder. It used to be called just autism.”
From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold
On June 29, Mayor Karen Bass signed an executive order calling for the company to clear out the food waste within 45 days.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026
At the same time, Noonan is still a patient, one who was sick with pneumonia in the three weeks that Pulmozyme wasn’t available to her while she was calling and messaging her insurer and doctor.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 13, 2026
Southwest said Thursday it has modified about 80% of its Boeing planes subject to the FAA requirements, calling it significant progress.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026
Frankie invents a new nonsensical insult, calling Molly’s boyfriend Josh “such a customer.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026
“You told that girl about the car, didn’t you? And you’re calling me a liar?”
From "Firegirl" by Tony Abbott
