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call

[kawl] / kɔl /










VERB
attempt to communicate by telephone
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As a result, cells lose what scientists call metabolic plasticity, their ability to rapidly adapt to shifting energy demands.

From Science Daily • Jun. 11, 2026

Flamingoes feed in a lagoon on the thin peninsula—protesters call the demonstrations the flamingo revolution—and sheep graze next to locals swimming in the ocean.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026

It is tempting to call 3%, or even 4%, the new 2%, as some Fed watchers have snidely asserted.

From Barron's • Jun. 10, 2026

Rinderknecht’s defense attorney played a 911 call for jurors, where he told authorities, “There’s a fire, there’s a fire.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026

Candie rubs his arm gently and says, “That’s right, Earl, you can throw down in the kitchen—throw down your apron and call Pizza Hut.”

From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold




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