- present participle of call.
calling
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Hansen himself has been critical of the film, calling it "bizarre" and "detached from reality" in a video posted on X, external.
From BBC ● Oct. 11, 2026
Yet it isn’t the “panacea for calling tops or corrections that people like to think it is,” he told MarketWatch.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 11, 2026
“I’ve started calling it the Great American Build-Out,” Ferro said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 11, 2026
Thousands of people on Saturday joined pro-Palestinian marches in London, Berlin and Dublin calling for an end to Israeli strikes on Gaza, three years after Hamas's October 7 attack.
From Barron's ● Oct. 10, 2026
“Indian Territory,” her mom insisted on calling it, just like she insisted on calling them both Indians.
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
The characters grapple with the difficulty of aligning their moral callings with the competitive nature of professional success.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 21, 2026
“In this life trying to label us and move us toward what is hegemonic, we have to return to those first callings from when we were little,” says Avilés.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 1, 2024
He is generous with details and evocative descriptions of his many callings.
From Washington Times ● Jan. 24, 2023
Working long hours in my callings was part of the appeal.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 30, 2022
“No. We don’t get callings because we live so far. How about you? Do you play in the praise band at your new church?”
From "The Serpent King" by Jeff Zentner
